Facing Modernity

Muslims have to be modern in true sense of the word

- Mohammad Jalal-ud-Din

Modernity, in simpler sense, means having the characteristics of recent times.

Man has been lover of modernity, always. It was the inner urge that goaded him to fly in space, move from raw herbs to laser treatment.

It is a great tragedy that some Muslims have come to, or been made to, believe that modernity is something antagonistic to faith. That the two are arch rivals and modernization towards development of science and technology is an ideology confronting faith. Some have equated it with near blasphemy. Some call it a show of extravagance on various ceremonies in utter disregard to investment in education, research, science and technology. Thus Muslim world has generally faced the modernity with many absurdities.