Mohammed Iqbal by Anna Marie Schimmel.(Post 172) a link

Here is a link to a lecture by Professor Annemarie Schimmel "The Work of Muhammad Iqbal”. Allama Iqbal was a philosopher, a scholar , a mystic and a renown poet. He was born in 1877 in Sialkot, Pakistan and died in in Lahore in 1938. He
Annemarie Schimmel (1923-2003) was a highly respected German scholar who wrote extensively on Islam and Sufism and taught in many universities of the world including Harvard. A link to her talk..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqqqXUxzwHc

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What is Halal . (Post 1)

The term Halal is generally associated with meat or food. It indicates that meat is from an animal that has been slaughtered in Muslim way. It also indicates that a substance contains no pork products. Halal simply means permissible or lawful . The term equally applies to income or wealth whether it is halal or non halal. Any income derived from breaking the law of land, by dishonesty, by paying unfair wages, using unfair means, bribery, gambling is not halal. So is income derived from sale or distribution of substances or activities that are prohibited by Islam such as pork products, Alcohol, can ibis, drugs, dope etc. One is entitled to enjoy an income or wealth obtained by halal means. But its display and boasting is not halal. One should enjoy wealth with humility. Islam requires that object or goal one wants to achieve is halal and means to achieve that object or goal are also hal...

Ibn Rshud-Averroes a pihilosopher. (Post 177)

Ibn Rushed, in Europe known as Averroes (1120-1198) was born in Cordoba, Spain. He was a scholar of Islam and a highly regarded philosopher. He was a Quazi(a judge) and wrote many books on wide ranging subjects. Thomas Aquinas (St. Thomas 1225-1274) an important theologian of the 13th century In his famous book "Summa Contra Gentiles" quotes Ibn Rushd many times and refer to him as "commentator". Here are two links; one is from BBC Radio 4 In our times. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=HRO95GjGA6g&t=1039s https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=e4Z5sHJ9G9M

Badshahi Mosque, Lahoe. Pakistan (Post 186)

Badshahi Masjid (Mosque) in Lahore, Pakistan was built in 1673 by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.

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