Social Issues
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How to read a book – Part II
Click here for Part 1 Levels of Reading: There are four levels of reading, and these levels are cumulative i.e. higher level includes all the lower levels in herself.
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How to read a book!
The fundamental problem that lies beneath almost every issue plaguing the human society in these days and times is somehow related with the ideas of knowledge and education. The massive information explosion and the fast media through which it can flow have made knowledge very easy to acquire, or so it may seem. It becomes imperative to discuss how to and how not to acquire knowledge. By knowing so we may be able to differentiate between propaganda and education. The opinion formed thus is not just a well-informed one, but a well understood well as well. In this short essay we wish to throw some light on this highly important…
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The Power of Forgiveness
“…..when your Lord said to the angels, “Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority.”…….” This is part of the verse number 30 from Chapter 2 of the Quran, when man has been informed that he has been created as a “khalifa” of God. The word “khalifa” may mean a representative or someone who follows or some one who holds affairs in absence of other. Nevertheless, whatever be the exact word meaning here, it is clear that the appointment of man is to such a post where he is either a representative of God or someone who is holding the affairs of God in his (apparent) absence or someone who God has…