This book contains well-researched and analytical material, extracted from authoritative sources. The contents of the book are: Islam and Knowledge; The Inspiration Islam gave to Cultivation of Knowledge and Learning; Islam's Solution of the Basic Economic Problems; Some Aspects of Muslim Education and Culture; Some Reflections on Islamic Education; Youth and Moral Education; Religion and the Protection of Youth from Misbehaviour and Intellectual Deviation; Religion and the Youth; Belief among Youth; The Qur'an on Islamic Education; The Islamic Pulpit as a Medium in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution; The Myth of Race; Circumcision: The Clitoral Inferno; Institution of Waqf; Studies on Islamic Education; An Interpretive Essay; The Social and Political Functions of the Mosque in the Muslim Community; New Moon's Visibility and Monthly Lunar Date Lines: Calculations for Important Dates in 1979; and The Muslim Community and the Place of Mosque in the Life etc. This will certainly help in understanding the basic tenets of this great religion.

Muslim Political Thought in India during the Fourteenth Century; Islam in India before Shah Waliullah; Muslim Nationalism: Conflicting Ideologies of Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb; Nationalist 'Ulama's Interpretation of Shah Wali Allah's Thought and Movement; Muslim Political Thought and Activity in India during the 19th Century; The Mujahidin Movement in Modern India; The Jihad Movement of Sayyid Ahmad and Ambella Expedition; Genesis of Muslim Nationalism: Enayat Ali and Abdullah; 'Ulama' in Changing Society; The Shaikh Al-Islam in Indian History; The Decline of the Role of the Qadis in India etc. are the main topics, elaborately dealt in this book. Students, scholars of religion, philosophy, Politics and History will find this book most useful and informative.

Islam and the Western World is compilation of thought-provoking and analytical articles, derived from the authoritative writings of learned scholars in the field. The contents of the book are: Muslim Contribution to the European Renaissance; An Anonymous Andalusian Elegy on the War of Granada; Relations between Latin America and the Islamic World; Gulf Relations with the West: An Historical Survey; Britain in Malaya; Prophet of Doom; Ameer Ali in London: A New Scenario; The Bilallians of the United States; The Vatican and the Palestinian Question; The Ummah and the Predicament of Muslim Minorities; Muslim Religious Conservatism and Dissent in the USSR; Moriscos; The Muslim Intellectual Emigre in the United States; Iqbal-Poet between India and Europe; The Western Image of Islam: Political Implications; Arab Cultural Consolidation: A Response to European Colonialism; British Imperial Interests and the Maintenance of the Ottoman Empire; and Cordova as an Intellectual Centre.

The theory of State; The History of the Muslim State; Muslim Administration; The Islamic State; Theoretical Perspectives; In the Middle east; The Young Turks and Anti-Colonial Struggle; The Rejection of Western Models of Government in Arab World; Al-Hajjaj Ibn Yusuf Al-Thaqafi; On the Death of Aurangzeb; Life and Times of Nizam Al-Mulk Tusi; The Life and Works of Fakhr-i-Mudabbir; Life, Times and Works of Ibn Rushd; The Restoration of Jerusalem are the main topics elaborately discussed in the present book. This will veritable mine of information of students and scholars of Religion and Philosophy.