20 years ago the West would have thought poorly of Islamic Finance and today they realise its value. On the same breath, today the west sees Shariah law as barbaric and backward – I wonder what they’ll think of it 20 years from now?
What Does Islam Teach About Justice? Neither love nor hatred can be allowed to compromise justice. By Khalid Baig There is one word that captures the essence of all Islamic laws and all Islamic teachings; one word that describes the overriding value that permeates all Islamic values. Justice. The Qur’an says: “We sent aforetime [...]
The Mark of a Jurist in Johannesburg Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd August 2008 8.30AM Sharp – 7:00PM both days Marie Curie Lecture Theatre, University of Witwatersrand, Medical School Campus, Johannesburg, Gauteng “Nothing that I have ever studied about Islam, and I really mean nothing… has ever changed my thinking and allowed me to mature [...]
From Khalid Baig: As the entire world now knew, a few years ago Israel engaged in plain massacre of Lebanese civilians in broad daylight. Its soldiers were nothing more than common criminals killing innocent men, women, and little children in an ambulance here, in the U.N. compound over there, in homes and villages every where. [...]
While reading this article, I cant help but think. Imagine a full blown Shariah court system in South Africa – Now before the anti-Islam crowd get defensive. I mean just courts for our own Muslim communities. What I think will pose a bigger problem is not the non-Muslim’s fear or concern on this but rather [...]
