Islam views the seeking of Islamic knowledge as compulsory on both women and men.The Prophet (saw) said,«طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ» “The seeking of knowledge is an obligation on every Muslim.” [Ibn Majah]

The support for the comprehensive implementation of Islam through the establishment of the Khilafah (Caliphate) is rising across the world Alhamdulillah. This is a positive point to reflect on as Muslims in this month of Rajab that marks the loss of the Khilafah over 9 decades ago. Over the past decades, Muslims across the world have begun to reject the Western system that has been imposed on them, and realise…

• There are today more than fifty Muslim states, all claiming to have Islam as their religion and basic source of identity. All these nation states are constantly in a process of building and rebuilding in hopes of achieving the goals of development set by the West. These very goals are contradictory to the religion many have declared they have adopted as their state religion.

Indonesia's anti-graft agency on March 16 named a prominent Islamist politician backing President Joko Widodo's re-election campaign as a suspect in a bribery case. The United Development Party (PPP) chairman Muhammad Romahurmuziy (Romi) had allegedly accepted bribes to get two people high ranking jobs at the religious affairs ministry.