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 QURA'NIC WISDOM

Encouraging Gratitude

2
 PROPHETIC INJUNCTION

One who is addicted to wine will not enter Paradise

3
 SPECIAL REPORT

Guardian of Law Turns Rapist

4
 OUR CITY

Third front in Mumbai: A gift victory for Shiv Sena

6
 OUR NATION

One-sided role of police is a threat to national integrity...

7

Should Afzal be sent to the gallows?

8

Is Jamiat Ulama a communal outfit?

10

Election year in Modi’s Land...

11
 URDU PRESS

Congress and its blame-game

12
 MID-EAST

Under-18s were deployed to Iraq

13
 GLOBAL ISSUES

Greece to Appoint Imams

14

Why shouldn’t they hate us?

15
 COVER STORY

Can we abandon Tazia?

16
 WOMEN

Why I shed Bikini for Niqab...

20
 SOCIETY

Valentine’s Day

22
 FEATURE

Mohammad: Benefactor of Mankind

23

Beginning of Islamic Calendar

27
 EDUCATION

A journey through Madrasa Education

31

Harvard in Biggest Curriculum overhaul in 30 years

35

Revision, Time Management &....

36
 BOOK REVIEW

The call for a handshake of civilizations

38
 HEALTH

Qur'an and social evils: Alcohol and Gambling

40
 RELIGION

US Mayor converts to Islam

42
 HISTORY IN TRANSLATION

Persia and Rome - the rivals of Islam

43
 RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE

Question & Answer

45
 READERS' FORUM 47
 EDITORIAL 48

Eastern Crescent

March 2007

 
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