Quantum science and technology are among the most significant intellectual developments of the modern age. The declaration of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology invites reflection...

Respect for religious personalities is one of the essential principles of peaceful coexistence, ethical communication, and meaningful interfaith dialogue. Every religious community has personalities whom its followers regard as sacred,...

Human life is a continuous movement between happiness and sorrow, laughter and tears, hope and fear. Islam does not regard these contrasting emotions as contradictions. Rather, it understands them as...

The Qur’an presents human life as a divinely ordained journey beginning with weakness, passing through strength and maturity, and eventually returning, for some, to a condition of weakness and dependence....

Urdu is not merely the language of a particular religious or social group; it is an important part of India’s rich linguistic, cultural, and intellectual heritage. This language developed on...

Few figures in Islamic intellectual history have generated as much controversy as Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111 CE). In popular narratives and sections of Western orientalist scholarship, he has frequently...

The debate over whether Jammu and Kashmir needs more private universities or better existing universities requires a broader perspective. The real question is not simply how many universities we have,...

The launch of the Kashmir Chapter of Orchid University at Solar Residency, Srinagar, on 21 September 2026, provided me an opportunity to reflect on a question much larger than the...

The controversy surrounding the use of expressions such as “Assalam-U-Alikum,” “Insha- Allah” and “JazakAllah” by an IPS officer provides an opportunity to reflect on a much deeper question: how should...

Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi In his seminal work al-Muqaddimah, the fourteenth-century Muslim polymath and historian Ibn Khaldun formulated one of the most penetrating theories of the rise, consolidation and decline...