A significant academic seminar bringing together scholars from India and abroad was held recently at Aligarh Muslim University from 2 February 2026 focusing on questions of historiography, ideology, and civilizational...

The Night of Mid-Sha‘bān, commonly referred to as Laylat al-Niṣf min Sha‘bān, occupies a distinctive place in Muslim devotional consciousness. Across centuries and regions, this night has been associated with...

Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi The contemporary discourse on women’s empowerment is largely dominated by Feminist Empowerment Theory, a framework that originated in the socio-historical conditions of the modern West and...

For centuries, the Muslim world stood at the forefront of human civilisation. From astronomy and medicine to mathematics, philosophy, and technology, Muslim scholars once shaped the intellectual destiny of the...

In an age overwhelmed by noise, polemics, and performative religiosity, the deathbed counsel of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq (Raḍiyallāhu ʿAnhu) to ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (Raḍiyallāhu ʿAnhu) stands as a timeless moral...

There was a time when journalism was widely regarded as a sacred profession. It was pursued not merely as a means of livelihood but as a vocation—demanding honesty, dignity, intellectual...

Human civilization has never advanced in isolation. The story of humanity is, at its core, a story of encounters—between peoples, cultures, languages, and worldviews. Wherever societies opened themselves to dialogue,...

Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi I was deeply honoured to be felicitated during the Centenary Celebrations of Vidya Bhavana (1925–2025), held in conjunction with the National Conference on the Indian Knowledge...

Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi Universiti Malaya (UM) occupies a distinctive position in the modern higher-education landscape, particularly within Southeast Asia and the broader Muslim world. Known as Malaysia’s oldest and...

Prof. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi The translation of the Qur’an in India constitutes one of the most significant intellectual developments in the religious history of the subcontinent. It reflects sustained efforts...