Nomadic warriors, sophisticated weaponry, and brutal tactics: this moderately sums up what the Mongol Empire is widely known for. Their reputation as merciless fighters – who ravaged Muslim lands, levelling entire cities and leaving nothing but death and destruction in their wake – perhaps makes their later conversion to Islam appear somewhat surprising. Genghiz Khan, son of a Mongol chieftain, was unstoppable even at a young age. He laid the foundations of the largest contiguous empire in hist

The recent news-breaking net worth of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos places him top of the list for the wealthiest people alive today – with many even calling him the wealthiest person ever. However, the media oftentimes forgets to mention a certain black individual in history whose wealth easily eclipses Bezos’s Mansa Musa, the 10th ruler of the Malian Empire. After the Amazon CEO overtook Bill Gates in first position in 2018, his worth seemed to skyrocket at a baffling pace. But he is still way behind t

Even after more than 10 days since the initial announcement, Muslims stay firm on their decision to have these names changed. The criticism of the rapper on account of disrespecting the religion led to the launch of a petition to channel advocates of the cause in the right direction. Among other things, the petition demands an immediate renaming of these trainers or to cease their production altogether. “This is highly offensive to the Muslim community. Having the names of angels, which we reve

Here are 7 Muslim women who might be forgotten over the centuries but are inspiring examples for young people today: One of the first women to convert to Islam, Sumayyah bint Khabbat was also the first Muslim woman to become a martyr. She along with her husband and son started following the message of Islam at the time when Muslims were brutally being slaughtered by those in authoritative positions. Sumayyah was a dark-colored woman and belonged to a social class that was captured to be slaves

Even though the song was brought to notice recently, it remained available on platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, and Youtube since 2017. The artist herself is an infamous parodist and a troll whose Twitter account was previously removed in 2016 due to a series of controversial tweets. Kompton is known for her abusive comments and racist remarks and also remained the topic of a couple of other controversies in the past years. But hold up! This isn’t the first time something like this target

The act of separating Islam from not only Rumi’s poetry started long before Barks came into the picture. In fact, people in the Victorian Era began to disconnect Islam from the writings of various Muslim poets. But no one can deny the fact that it was Barks who contributed most to building a readership around his diluted interpretations for Rumi. He has interpreted these poems even when he has never studied Persian and written them in such a way that it catches the contemporary American eye. B

Nadiya Abbas is a practising psychotherapist with Therapy Works, an organisation affiliated with CPCAB UK. She works with clients facing anxiety, depression, pressure among other personal issues. For our ‘Mental Health March’, she talked about the harassment people in our country are facing. “What we call harassment is also called ‘Harasaan Karna’ in Urdu. Other words for it are pestering, annoying, bothering, provoking, persecuting, persisting in annoying. In my professional capacity, I work t

The pandemic COVID-19 has disrupted not only the economic activity of countries, but it has also gravely affected our daily life activities. Everything we knew as normal in our lives has now been changed to something we cannot easily get our heads wrapped around. Sitting at home all day doing nothing may seem relaxing once in a while. But as we are left with no other option but to stay at home, it starts to get boring at first and unbearable later on. All that chaotic news going on around us let

As most of the countries around the world have forced their people into their houses, WHO has reported a significant increase in the cases of domestic violence too. Obviously, as people are staying at home more than usual, they have found themselves entrapped in spending more time with their abusers, such violence was most likely to increase. People are unable to escape. And according to professionals, major events like these which often pose financial struggles for some which result in aggressi