Islamic Foundation of Federalism

Below is the link of the article written by our member Imran Kichloo on "Islamic foundation of federalism". In this article the author argues that Islam endorses federalism which is termed by many Political Scientists to be the "magic pill" for all the major conflicts in the world.

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Freedom to Express, Insult, spread Hate and be Islamophobia?

The recent controversy over the movie called “Innocence of Muslims” and the publication of derogatory cartoons in a French magazine is representative of one of the most continuous and repetitive problems of our age.


Those who say this is an issue of freedom of expression speak a lie. They are either heavily misinformed or else they deliberately intend to misinform others. This is not a question of freedom of expression because nowhere in the world does the freedom of expression include the freedom to insult. The laws against libel and slander practiced in almost every country of the world are testament to this.

Aligarh Activists' Society : Pictures of the Programme Held at Department of Islamic Studies

Here are the snapshots of the seminar organised by Aligarh Activists' Society on "Concept of Human Rights in Islam" held on 27th September, 2012 at Conference Hall, Department of Islamic Studies, A.M.U.

Report of the Programme organised by AAS at Department of Islamic Studies

             The Aligarh Activists’ Society organised a Student’s Seminar on the topic “Concept of Human Rights in Islam”. A paper introducing the crux of the topic was presented by Zuhair, which was then followed by an intense discussion among the students present.

            The paper presented by Zuhair began with a preview to the approach of Human Rights, pointing out how Islam considers the rights of Humans in relation to one another and to society as having been ordained by Allah, the Creator and Almighty Himself. These rights are, therefore, inviolable and not subject to human discretion. It then went on to discuss some of the basic rights, such as Right to Life, Right to Safety of Life, Right to protect the Chastity of Women, Right to a Basic Standard of Life, etc.
After the presentation of this paper, the floor was thrown open and students actively came forward to present their views and counter-opinions.

An Appeal to all stakeholders of AMU

This is with regard to the latest decision from the honourable Vice Chancellor of AMU to separate the Women’s College Union from the main students’ Union. AMU being a campus which provides freedom of opinion to everyone, a variety of opinions may exist in the campus regarding the relative merits and demerits of the decision. Everybody has the right to agree or disagree with it and freely express their point of view IN A MODEST WAY.

However some people at the campus relate this division of Unions to religion, which in no way has been a party to the decision. These people unnecessarily bring Religion into a matter that is purely administrative in nature.  They try to create a religion based debate and start maligning the people with other opinion on an issue which in no way has any religious foundation.

In this regard we request one and all to understand the nature of this decision and stop giving heed to any such defective opinion that drags religion into this issue.  Let there be no baseless arguments and any wastage of time, and that would be for the greater good of the campus. This is an administrative issue and needs to be dealt with in that way.

We request everyone in the campus to respect the opinion of every other person, regardless of it being contrary to your own opinion. We request everyone to desist from labeling others with abusive tags and join hands to create a healthy environment for free and modest discussions at the campus.

Students’ Islamic Organisation of India(SIO)
Students of AMU
Muslim Students’Organisation(MSO)                              
Aligarh Activists’ Society(AAS)
AMU Discussion Forum(ADF)