Newspapers and magazines everywhere have played a major role in informing the readers and influencing public opinion since the press began in India in the nineteenth century. Like in all other aspects of modernization, Muslims lagged behind almost every group in journalism. This article reviews English language Muslim press in India since independence and suggests concrete steps for improvement.

Leaving aside Muslim journalism in Persian and Urdu for the time being, we know of a...

A look at the narrative style of the Quran with the focus on the symbols, metaphors and allegories the Holy Book calls to play)

If chapter names are any indicator of the overall message a book drives home, the Holy Quran might appear to be a work dealing with a disparate list of topics that do not seemingly have anything in common--a higgledy-piggledy compendium touching such diverse topics as, say, zoology and eschatology; politics and natural science; history and...