Dr. Javed Jamil, Writer and Islamic Scholar on "Supreme Court on 377 and Market Forces" at Conference Hall, Markaz, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, New Delhi.
The Science of Namaz | Episode 3
Qur'anic Paradigms of Sciences and Society | Season 1 https://youtu.be/LfrM10xXfrU In our last episode we saw that the washing of different organs in Wudu is almost according to the sequence of the organs in Postcentral gyrus, which is the controlling centre of Sensory system in Brain. When I reached the MBBS III year in King... Continue Reading →
High Time Medical Sciences embraced Islam
In the wake of Covid-19 outbreak, the latest news is that China has imposed ban on the meat of wild animals, specifically lions, bats, snakes and pangoins. These are all the animals the meat of which is prohibited in Islam. Almost all the other viral outbreaks in the last 120 years too have direct relationship... Continue Reading →
India’s Fight against Corona: Opening Liquor sales like adding Fuel to Fire
While the country is busy fighting the covid19 pandemic, certain state governments are showing utmost eagerness to open liquor sales. This is like adding fuel to the fire. Alcohol is a bigger and a bigger problem than Corona. It kills on regular basis more than 10000 people worldwide every day. It certainly kills more people... Continue Reading →
Corona: The Scourge turning into Boon
Data source: Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on ESA’s Sentinel-5 satelliteImage credit: Josh Stevens / NASA Earth Observatory With the kind of the impact the Corona pandemic is creating, I feel vindicated because it is in many ways proving the argument I presented first in my book, “Quranic Theories of Sciences and Society (First Vol: Dynamic Paradigm of... Continue Reading →
WHO’S “Test, Test and Test” flawed in strategy
I have always been critical of the World Health Organisation in formulating right policies to achieve its stated objective of “Highest standards of health” and have minced no words in calling it “the Failed Organisation”. I have repeatedly argued that the WHO has always acted in accordance with the interests of the market forces. It... Continue Reading →
Islam’s Dynamic Paradigm of Health-1
Current Understanding of Health A widely accepted definition of health is that of the World Health Organisation "WHO". It states that "health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". This widely accepted definition was expanded in the 1970s and 1980s, as other components were included:... Continue Reading →
Holistic Hygiene – the Only Answer to Infectious Diseases
Covid-19 Epidemic signals the need to apply “Dynamic Paradigm of Health” For the forces of economics, it is the health of industries, not that of human beings, that matters more. Let people suffer, but under no circumstances market can be allowed to suffer. Let the people be killed, families be disintegrated, tensions of all kinds... Continue Reading →
Too busy managing threats from World Order, WHO is unable to bring health into leadership role
The Covid-19 outbreak, which has almost totally paralysed normal life on the planet, has brought to the fore the widely ignored fact that the world health management system has failed to advance the cause of a socioeconomic and political system that safeguards rather than endangers life and healthiness of life. More than a million have... Continue Reading →
“Economics First or Health First?”: the Debate begins to rage in the wake of Corona
Unfortunately, while in principle, the “modern” world boasts of an extraordinary concern for human life and health, in truth the other interests rule the roost. It will hardly be an overstatement that health has in effect become a perpetual captive of economics. The international system of governance is neither keen nor has been doing what... Continue Reading →
Long term war against viral diseases — Islam provides major arsenals
The day the world adopts Islam’s Dynamic Paradigm of Health and makes life and healthiness of life as the chief criteria for developing legal, social and economic policies, the world will become a healthier and more peaceful place. But this is not likely to happen because the current world first commercializes the causes of the... Continue Reading →
Seizure of Properties in UP: Who paid for destruction of property in Gujarat Violence of 2002?
If anyone thought that the order of the recovery of the value of the property destroyed in violence in UP from the perpetrators was a decision of chief minister Yogi alone, prime minister Modi has proved this impression wrong. In his addresses to the public, in Lucknow on the eve of Late Vajpayee’s birthday Modi... Continue Reading →
Checking Rapes requires total overhaul of System – Social as well as Legal
The result is that the so-called modern civilization has become more barbaric than the worst barbaric societies of the past. Murderous and sexual assaults are the order of the day, and their numbers are directly proportional to the level of “modernism”. Nobody is talking of the role of sexually provocative images that haunt the people... Continue Reading →
Banning Alcohol and commercial sex the first requisites for confronting rapes
Put a total ban on alcohol, incidents of rapes will be reduced by more than 60 pc. Ban commercialization of sex, 90 pc reduction will be there. Give death to rapists, the problem will become rare. As already said, the modern feminization is corporate driven. The more the women remain outside their homes the more... Continue Reading →
Request to Islamic Madaaris/institutions seeking ban on cigarette smoking by issuing a fatwa declaring it Haram
Request to Islamic Madaaris/institutions seeking ban on cigarette smoking by issuing a fatwa declaring it Haram Press Release I have sent emails to certain deeni madaaris of India and Muslim countries with a question seeking ban on cigarette smoking by issuing a fatwa declaring it Haram. The request along with an article (Urdu and English)... Continue Reading →
Engagement with RSS: Aggressive Intellectual Dialogue (without Offence) Needed
Source: Ummi.com The recent meeting between RSS Head Mr. Bhagwat and President of Jamiat-e Ulema-I Hind, Maulana Arshad Madani appears to have generated hot debate in the Muslim community with many questioning the need, timimg and motives of the meeting. I personally believe that dialogue should always continue and dialogue with RSS should have begun... Continue Reading →
Not Just Terrorism, Violence needs to be tackled as a Whole
Focus merely on Religion-based violence is motivated Within about 40 days in between, the attack on Mosques in New Zealand and the attack on Churches in Sri Lanka gave yet another “opportunity” to the international community to discuss and debate the role of religion in violence. The images of the attack on Muslims in Christchurch... Continue Reading →
Can Judges be totally Objective in judgments?
The appointment of 5-judge bench in the Supreme Court on Ayodhya case has rightly been criticized by one of the parties for its non-representation of any Muslim in the panel. The counter argument given in response is that Judges are just judges and cannot be doubted regarding their impartiality. Does that argument hold true? Already,... Continue Reading →
MeToo Movement another stunt with little positive
MeTooMovement is Giving media a rush of stories to keep their audience glued Giving all those employed in legal system some excitement about getting new cases and is Trying to assure the women that they can enter glamour industry without much fear; if they are sexually assaulted, the legal system will be ready to help... Continue Reading →
Supreme Court Judgment Death-Knell for Family
The debate on the decriminalisation of homosexuality had not yet died down that the verdict resulting in decriminalisation of adultery has hit the headlines. So with the two “historical” verdicts in September 2018 on Homosexuality and Adultery, the corporatisation of Indian Legal System has almost reached its zenith. Market driven sex and sexuality will now... Continue Reading →
Late RSS/BJP Ideologue K R Malkani on Homosexuality, Family Erosion and Times of India: Note the…
And I tell you that the American Indians were destroyed by three things: guns, alcohol and venereal diseases. I have gone to America and frankly, my going to America was a shock to me; I wondered even such countries were there on earth. No family values, no social values. I have no hesitation to say... Continue Reading →
LGBT Not a Group of Equals: Eunuchs need sympathy, others treatment
Despite different natures of their issues, the market forces have brought them together because if there is anything common in them, it is the interests of market forces in them. The Lesbians, gays, transgenders and bisexuals have organized themselves into a community called LGBT; and they have developed massive networks throughout the world. The interests... Continue Reading →
Difference between “homosexual rights” of humans and “human rights” of homosexuals
There is a difference between “homosexual rights” of humans and “human rights” of homosexuals. The former are unacceptable but the latter should be ensured. Homosexuals need attention: social and medical. They need to be protected from unauthorised punishments by other members of society and they need the psychological support for giving up their addiction so... Continue Reading →
Decriminalization of Homosexuality: “Second Independence” or Second Enslavement?
If anyone hoped that sanity would continue to prevail in Indian Constitution on the issue of Homosexuality, their hopes were belied. Finally, the D Day arrived and the Supreme Court bench of 5 judges, in a unanimous judgment, scrapped the Article 377 turning in effect homosexuality legal. As the anticipation was already high, the celebrations... Continue Reading →
Agenda 2014: Muslim Perspective
Roadmap for Agenda 2019 Download PDFDear All Assalamalikum A few months before the Elections 2014, I had issued an Agenda for the elections: Muslim Perspective, which is being given below. This was circulated to all the major political parties. I feel similar exercise needs to be repeated this time. As lots of water has flown down... Continue Reading →
“Applied Islamics will revolutionize Islamic Studies”: Mahmood Madani, Rahman Khan
Sabitha Ramachandran PRO, Yenepoya (Deemed to be) University The inaugural programme of the Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Islamics was organised at Yenepoya University, Mangaluru (Karnataka) on 9th August 2018 at 10 AM. The programme has been initiated by Chair in Islamic Studies & Research under renowned thinker and writer, Dr. Javed Jamil. Inaugurating the... Continue Reading →
Indian varsity’s Applied Islamics course to offer inter-disciplinary perspective
Report Yenepoya University had earlier established a Chair in Islamic Studies and Research. (Supplied) By Aftab Husain KolaSpecial to Al Arabiya EnglishFriday, 10 August 2018 A first-of-its-kind Post Graduate Diploma course in Applied Islamics has been launched in India offering students Islamic Knowledge integrated with knowledge of English, computer sciences and current affairs. Yenepoya University, which... Continue Reading →
Pyaar versus Ahankar: the Titanic Clash in making
Though Modi Government won the confidence vote, which was a foregone conclusion, it was Rahul Gandhi who stole the thunder. First with his fiery speech, then his now historical hug of the Prime Minister and the lighter moment of winking at his friend — all submerged the Prime Minister’s speech into background. Even those who do not... Continue Reading →
Homosexuality “Right to Love” or “Right to Destroy”?:
Time to hold demonstrations all over the country with all religious communities participating Homosexuals have human rights but homosexuality cannot be a human right. Legalisation of homosexuality in India is imminent. The Government has left the matter to the apex court and the Court has already indicated what is on the cards. The Market Forces are... Continue Reading →
Justice Hegde pleads honesty, Dr Jamil calls for religious morality
“Indian secularism does not mean negation of religion but it surely means negation of communalism”, said Dr Javed Jamil, renowned thinker who holds chair at Yenepoya University Mangaluru. He said that communalism has no relationship with religion and is a product of political and economic fundamentalism. He was addressing an Eid get together program at... Continue Reading →
Visiting countries alone does not raise status, Mr. Prime Minster!
In last few days, the UN has issued a report heavily criticizing the Government of India for severe “human rights violations” in Kashmir and CIA has described Bajrang Dal, VHP and RSS as terrorist or communal organisations. Irrespective of the nature and merit behind these accusations, which Modi Government have rejected, they have bust the... Continue Reading →
The Myth of Modi Wave
The so-called Modi Wave in 2014 was nothing but an anti-Congress wave generated by the corruption charges against the UPA government. Anna Movement galvanised the masses. The two leaders who cashed in on this wave were Arvind Kejriwal and Narendra Modi. With no organisational set-up to back, Kejriwal could sweep only Delhi. If he had... Continue Reading →
“Yenepoya University, Mangaluru Ideal Example for Muslim Participation in Education Sector”: Dr.
Report by A Yaqub Internationally renowned thinker and writer and Chair in Islamic Studies, Yenepoya University has described “Yenepoya University, Mangaluru as an ideal example of Muslim participation in Education Sector in India”. He was delivering Keynote Address in Muslim Empowerment programme organised jointly by IDB, Muslim Educational Front and Farooqya Dental College, Mysuru at Mysuru.... Continue Reading →
Rapes: Forgotten Facts (Re)
The New Year celebrations were postponed in many places throughout the country as India did not feel like celebrating in the wake of the gang rape of Nirbhaya and her subsequent death. That the people felt enraged gives some hope that social vices would now start receiving much greater attention than they get till now.... Continue Reading →
Need to purify, expand and globalise Islamic Economics: Dr. Javed Jamil
Report by Shaukat Hussain Renowned thinker, writer and Head of Chair in Islamic Studies, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Dr. Javed Jamil said that “Islamic Economics, the way it is understood today is less of Islam and more of economics.” He was speaking as Chief Guest on the occasion of the inauguration of. Karunya Sauhardha Cooperation Society... Continue Reading →
Religion, Communalism or Liberalism: What suits India?
I have been reading the articles appearing in Indian Express on the question of Muslims and the different views regarding their position in the current Indian scenario. The Indian polity seems to have the domination of two kinds of leaders. On the one hand there are people who have manifest communal leanings, some being soft... Continue Reading →
Hawking Ideal for anti-God, Market-dominated Academic Order
The death of perhaps no other scientist in recent [past has attracted the world attention as that of Stephen Hawking. He was truly the most known theoretical physics not only of the present times but one of the biggest theoretical physicists of all times perhaps only after Newton and Einstein. He carried Einstein’s Special and... Continue Reading →
Extrajudicial versus Judicial Justice — Part 3
Justice Imprisoned — Chapter 4 The Hell in Fury Part 5 It can easily be estimated that the annual global number of deaths in police custody is in tens of thousands. It is not only the deaths in police custody severe torture too is common in police custody and prisons. While the Law is abhorrent of giving physical punishments,... Continue Reading →
Extrajudicial versus Judicial Justice — Part 2
Justice Imprisoned — Chapter 4 The Hell in Fury Part 4 The fact that the ban on capital and corporal punishment has only led to the sharp burgeoning of all the crimes and the extrajudicial “death sentences” and “corporal punishments” is clear from the reports from almost all those countries where the modern judicial system is in force. There... Continue Reading →
Extrajudicial versus Judicial Justice — Part 1
Justice Imprisoned — Chapter 4 The Hell in Fury Part 3 <<The Hell in Fury — Part 3 The net result of the campaign by the economic fundamentalists against capital punishment and the system of justice developed in accordance with their wishes is that now more people are “punished” by the police than by the courts. The capital or corporal punishment... Continue Reading →
The Hell in Fury — Part 3
Justice Imprisoned — Chapter 3 <<The Hell in Fury — Part 2 Just to add to the crimes statistics, not just murders and rapes, thefts too have come increasingly notorious with more than 60 million cases of thefts worldwide every year. Here is the ranking of the countries in terms of rates of thefts: Country 1. Sweden 2. Netherlands 3.... Continue Reading →
The Hell in Fury — Part 2
Justice Imprisoned — Chapter 3 Crimes against women The level of violence in society depends on several factors but three of them are extremely crucial: Fear of God; Fear of Law; and Fear of Society. If these three disappear in the minds of individuals, the level of violence will surely increase. Out of the three, it is perhaps the... Continue Reading →
How Unscientific the “Scientific” Philosophy of God!
From time immemorial man has talked of God. Most of the humans have believed that God created the universe and sustains it. A minuscule percentage of humans have argued that man created or invented God and their psychological and social needs sustain Him. In sciences too, there has always been huge controversy on the role... Continue Reading →
The Hell in Fury — Part 1
Justice Imprisoned — Chapter 3 (Violence, Economic hegemony of wealth, Economic disparity, Debt Trap; Miseries of life with huge morbidity and , social chaos) The Devil has succeeded in constructing a big colossal hell, which covers almost all the directions and the dimensions of “the good earth”. As the true representative of the (Thermodynamic) Law of Disorder on the earth,... Continue Reading →
Ram and Abraham/Ibrahim: One Person, Two Names
Ram of Valmiki Ramayana same as Abraham of Bible Rama is perhaps the most important and revered figure for Hindus. Abraham is the patriarch of all Semitic religions and is the symbol of monotheism for Jews, Christians and Muslims. Interestingly when we read the story of Abraham in Bible and the story of Ram in Valmiki... Continue Reading →
Law Doctored (Part 2)
Justice Imprisoned — Chapter 2 The paralysis of legal system led not only to the transformation of individuals in an increasing number into criminals of different sorts; soon, crime itself also became a business and saw the emergence of ‘organised crime.’ A spirit of opposition to the law was witnessed in certain sections of society favouring private rather... Continue Reading →
Law Doctored (Part 1)
Justice Imprisoned — Chapter 2 The relative mildness of punishment coupled with progressively lengthening procedures in trial before the pronouncement of the final verdict had presumable effects. The rate of murders and other crimes began to show an upward trend. It continues unabated till now in almost all the countries that have followed the western legal system because... Continue Reading →
The Devil Emerges
Justice Imprisoned — Chapter 1 Unlike in the past, businessmen are no more weak and submissive. They are not the cranes any more but the leopards that want to rule and roar. To begin with, I would like to revisit my theory of “Economic Fundamentalism”, which is central to all the modern developments in scientific as well as social... Continue Reading →
Justice Imprisoned (Series)
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4
Dr Javed Jamil 