In addition to fasting and giving charity, Ramadan is the month of Ibadah or worship which means complete submission to the will of Allah. In Islam, the concept of Ibadah is a …

O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as g…

Following the advent of Islam in the seventh century, it was not easy for Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) to convince the people of Makkah including his own tribe to embrace Islam. The…

Historically, Zakat was a momentous response to the dispossessed Muslim immigrant from Mecca and socio –economic situation of Madina. The hijra or migration of Prophet Mohamm…

Hundreds of years ago, Euclid, a Greek mathematician, wrote in his book that things which equal the same things also equal one another. This mathematical logic and notion of eq…

In many countries, women traditionally make handicraft items at home and sell them for extra household income. This form of business is suitable to them due to the availability…

According to UNICEF, 2.5 billion people lack decent sanitation facilities and 780 people still use unsafe drinking water sources in the developing countries. Due to poor hygien…

We live in a world of social disparity where many people have more than ample to eat and drink clean water, access to good education, health facilities and most importantly fre…

The aim of fasting is to achieve taqwa (piety) and hold back the selfish soul to discipline and control it. The Arabic word taqwa comes from the root word, w-q-a, which means t…

School year is an exciting time for parents as their children go through a formal education system which is a vital component of acquiring skills required to understand the wor…

There comes a time when every parent departs from their children by leaving this world and every human being, no matter what their age, dreads that day of segregation. Many chi…

Socially excluded groups and development: creating opportunities for local NGOs to progressTackling the issues of social exclusion is important in order to include those social…

It is not easy for women to escape the violence taking place behind the closed doors as they often find themselves unsupported, vulnerable to external abuses and plunged into p…

The cheerful voices of children playing in parks and sight of them strolling to school with their parent are the signs of happy healthy little beings growing up with good likel…

Global civil society is one of the most complex and contested idea of the 21st century.  The term has been used in multiple ways in many public discourses, media and academia.…

Aristotle once argued in Nicomachean Ethics that ‘the life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is …

Similar to Islam, fasting is mentioned in the Holy Scriptures in Judaism. The sacred day of Yum Kippur, during which a communal fast is observed by the Jewish community, is als…

The world water day, commemorated world-wide, gives an opportunity to reflect on the importance of fresh water and promote feasible ways to manage its resources. The significan…