The book examines the status of the Qur'an in the religious community, the interpretation of Qur'an

The book talks about the involvement of young people in Islam

The volume, reveals with the aid of travellers, novelists, missionaries and administrators, how the notion of a distinct and exclusive Muslim identity came to be invented in the latter part of the nineteenth century

This volume introduces certain aspects of India's responce to the West

Doing business in 2006 Creating Jobs is the third in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it

This publication contains speeches delivered by participants of the International Conference held in Astana on 19 November 2010. The conference was organized by the National Commission for Women Affairs and Family - Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the UN Development Programme in Kazakhstan and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The goal of the conference was to inform the general public and representatives of the diplomatic corps of the member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on gender policies pursued by Kazakhstan, and to discuss the agenda of the forthcoming chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Organization of the Islamic Conference

Of all the relationships extant in human affairs the most important and intimate is that between a husband and wife. Obviously casual and informal sexual relations between any man and woman are possible. But all humanity regards such a relationship as the height of aberration like any other sexual aberration. Whatever experience has been gone through by humanity through the ages in this respect no better form in such relationship has been evolved than a formal more or less permanent arrangement i.e. marriage

One of the cardinal issues engrossing prominent scholars and intellectuals and focusing the attention of prospective studies specialists as well as all those concerned with the fate of civilizational race on all levels is inter-religious coexistence. Such engrossment is ascribed to the intricate nature of the subject, as it ramifies into complex issues and generates formidable challenges that, for the most part, go beyond the religious, civilizational and cultural scope, posing broader questions pertaining to thought and opinion at large

The Islamic civilization epitomizes both the treasure and the shelter. It is the treasure, given its copious contribution, over ages, in the promotion of science, literature, crafts, and arts, but it is also the shelter and the safe haven securing protection of the Nation s identity and values, and ensuring proper impetus for renovation and creativity, safeguarding, all the while, the Islamic entity and preserving it against all forms of alienation and deviation. Indeed, research on the Islamic civilization is boundless. This civilization is an open- end subject that can never be exhausted by study

In the early years of the 20th century, the U.S. was seen in the Muslim world as an inspiring nation that espouses the lofty values and principles enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. In the eyes of Arab and Muslim beholders, the U. S. once conjured up truly shining and vivid images. The U. S. was perceived as a magnet of liberty, a beacon for democracy, and a melting pot which wonderfully combines various ethnicities, cultures and doctrines to form the American citizenship