I read Sisters in the Mirror from cover to cover and highly recommend it to readers. This foundational text marks a significant contribution to feminist debates and Muslim women's writing and is an incredible resource for students and researchers working in the field of global/transnational feminism and South Asian Muslim women. It provides a c

I am not very sure when Bangladesh will see another February 27, 1991 election that set a historic record of fairness under the watch of Shahabuddin Ahmed. In order to treasure the moment of democratic exhilaration that all of us experienced on that day, can’t we declare it the Day of Democracy in Bangladesh? I believe that will be a great way to

Many locate the origin of courtly love that is portrayed widely in European literature in the works of Arabic literary traditions (Dangler 16), and in such discussions Ibn Hazm’s Tawq is often mentioned as a principal inspiration for the European literary artists who depict courtly love that entails a love triangle involving an aristocratic marri

Yusuf al-Qaradawi was not a scholar of my field, English literature. Nor was he Western�educated. Many may find it strange that I put pen to paper to write an essay on a writer who is not a prominent figure in my discipline. It is the magnitude of his scholarly legacy that interests me most. I regard Qaradawi as a man of letters, and I am impress

Debate is a form of dialogue that involves claims and counterclaims, and rebuttals and counter-rebuttals. Freedom of speech and equal opportunity are indispensable elements in any debating exercise. In the Belgrade WUDC, each of the four teams and each of the eight team members had equal amounts of time and opportunity to make and defend their argu

The key message in Rokeya's writing is the need to ensure justice for all and in all aspects of life that include gender egalitarianism. In a society where justice as a basic principle of the rule of law disappears, all of its disadvantaged sections including women suffer. In present-day Bangladesh, the political underdogs continue to bear the

If expressions of du’aa do not come from the heart and if people only say them as civil utterances or type them on the screen as niceties, they may not be efficacious from a religious point of view. Therefore, supplications for oneself and for others should be profound acts of submission and obedience to God, and only then it can be hoped that th

ssociating Islam with fearful concepts and the one-sided caricaturing of Muslims as mired in fanaticism have now become clichés. However, it is hard to miss the stark contrast between the media treatments of the two similar incidents that happened within a span of less than 24 hours and in the same country (USA). Rightly, the religion of Ricky W.

Living in Bangladesh presents many challenges, but the diasporic life of non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) is not a bed of roses. Therefore, let’s not divide ourselves on the basis of who lives where and why. Our focus should be on making Bangladesh a safe and stable country where those who want can freely participate in politics without fear of o

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is currently a new technology being developed in the food industry due to its ability to design, customize, and fabricate a product with good precision and accuracy. Therefore, with regard to the mastication problems frequently faced by elderly people, this technology is utilized to design foods that can be consumed