Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi In the long arc of South Asia’s intellectual history, a few names rise above the vast ocean of scholars—those whose brilliance shaped generations and whose legacy...

For more than a century, the Dars-i-Nizami system has served as the backbone of traditional Islamic education across South Asia, including the Kashmir Valley. Rooted in the scholastic reforms of...

Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi The colonial encounter between Europe and Asia remains one of the most consequential historical phenomena of the modern era. Wherever the British, French, or other European...

Among the constellation of Kashmir’s great scholars and intellectuals, the late Professor Ghulam Mohiuddin Hajini stands out as a singularly gifted and multifaceted figure whose intellectual radiance continues to illuminate...

Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi The tragedy of Gaza stands as a defining moral and political catastrophe of the twenty-first century, laying bare not only the destruction of a besieged population...

Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi In the Indian subcontinent, the reverence for scholars often diminishes with age. Once retirement arrives, many distinguished academics who have spent decades shaping young minds and...

Professor Ghulam Muhammad, widely known by his pen name Marghoob Banihali, was an illustrious scholar, poet, and cultural historian whose literary and academic contributions have left an indelible mark on...

Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi (1207–1273) was born in Balkh, in present-day Afghanistan, and later settled in Konya, Anatolia, in modern Turkey. Following in his father’s footsteps, Rumi...

By Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi From October 5 to 8, 2025, the vibrant city of Colombo in Sri Lanka became the epicenter of a global conversation on Islamic education. The...