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Malik ibn Deenar devoted his life to God and made a living as a calligrapher of the Quran.

Mystic Mantra: How Malik became a true Sufi

Malik Deenar was the son of a Persian slave from Afghanistan.

26 Oct 2017 8:14 PM GMT

Islam Is Good: Muslims Should Follow It By Sanjiv Bhatla, Crabwise Press, Rs 395

Examining Islam with a new lens

It provides a very wholesome perspective of Islam. It can help non-Muslims to clear their misconceptions and allay their...

26 Oct 2017 7:16 PM GMT

It is believed that the first mosque in India known as Malik Dinar Masjid was built by Malik bin Dinar in 603 AD.

Mystic Mantra: Malik bin Dinar The moralist mystic

A mystic, moralist and excellent calligrapher of the Quran, Malik bin Dinar was the earliest Sufi saint in South India.

21 Oct 2017 12:10 AM GMT

A traffic policeman, wearing an anti-pollution mask,controls traffic amid smog and air pollution which continues to be above dangerous level.

Mystic Mantra: Spiritual cure for air pollution

According to Islamic ethics, protection of air from pollutants is an individual sacred duty of every human being on...

27 Nov 2017 11:52 PM GMT

Malik ibn Deenar devoted his life to God and made a living as a calligrapher of the Quran.

Mystic Mantra: Islam and Buddhism Spiritual symbiosis

There is no dearth of peaceful references and spiritual commonalities among our faith traditions, as diverse as even...

15 Nov 2017 7:15 PM GMT

A bench of Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta, which criminalised sex with a minor wife in a landmark verdict on Wednesday, referred to a study conducted on child marriages, based on 2011 census. (Photo: Representational/File)

A lesson to all men

Children from such families have lower levels of academic achievement than those from families with one father and one...

10 Nov 2017 7:18 PM GMT

Sufism (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Let's be humble, we come from him

The Sufis teach that if you are aware of your humility, then you are among the arrogant ones.

13 Sep 2017 8:38 PM GMT

A family buys goats from a livestock market in Kolkata on Thursday ahead of Id-ul-Zuha.(Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: The core values of self-sacrifice

The Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam, and is seen as a chance to wipe clean past sins and start fresh.

31 Aug 2017 7:23 PM GMT

Rumi rather believed that there are two archenemies of the human beings, which keep them away from being humane. One is greed and the other is anger. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: A journey within

Both Rumi and Tabrizi regarded all faith traditions and all parts of the earth as waves of the ocean of the divine...

5 Jan 2018 6:44 PM GMT

Pakistan has strict notions of masculinity where men are often expected to be austere and flamboyant styling is to be avoided. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pakistani men assert their right to be groomed as male beauty booms

There is this whole lot of clever marketing of male beauty products which is spurring demand

22 Feb 2018 4:57 AM GMT

Malik ibn Deenar devoted his life to God and made a living as a calligrapher of the Quran.

Muslim boys insult Christianity, sentenced to memorise verses of Quran

The unique sentencing comes from a Christian judge in Lebanon where insulting religion can fetch up to three years in...

14 Feb 2018 7:20 AM GMT

Malaysian state seeks to improve quality of beef with Quranic recitals...

PAS has been pushing to introduce a tough Islamic criminal code, known as hudud, in Kelantan that includes penalties...

5 April 2018 11:14 AM GMT