EDITOR LEAVES FOR ENGLAND
Imam, The Woking Mosque with visiting dignitaries
Light’s editor, Maulana Yakub Khan, left Lahore on the 11th of June 1961 for Karachi on way to England with a special assignment as Director of the Woking Muslim Mission and Literary Trust. He is expected to stay there for two years in the first instance. He had also been to Woking on several occasions before in his capacity as the Imam of the Shah Jahan Mosque.
(The Light – June 24,1961)
WHY ISLAM?
“One of the glories of Islam is that it is founded upon reason, and that it never demands from its followers an abnegation of that important mental faculty. Unlike certain other faiths which insist upon their votaries implicitly accepting certain dogmas without independent inquiry but simply on the authority of `The Church. ` Islam courts inquiry and counsels its disciples to study, search and investigate prior to acceptation. The Holy Prophet ﷺ, of ever blessed memory, said: “Allah hath not created anything better than reason, or anything more perfect or more beautiful than reason, the benefits which Allah giveth are on its account, and understanding is begotten of it.”
- H. M. LEON
”Some months back I used to think of Muhammad ﷺ as a man who preached his religion through the sword and advocated slavery, but thank God, I have seen the truth now. I am now positive that the only way to world peace lies in the true religion of Muhammad ﷺ.”
-T. U. DANIELL
……the laws of the Blessed Qur’an seem to be very clear and straightforward; especially do I admire the laws relating to women, which seem to be the kindest and fairest ever made for our much-maligned sex.”
-DOROTHY EADY
“Islam is no mere creed: it is a life to be lived. In the Qur’an may be found directions for what are sometimes termed the minor details of daily life, but which are not minor when it is considered that life has to be lived for God. The Muslim lives for God alone. God is the centre of all satisfaction, all hope, all life. The aim of the Muslim is to become God-bound, and to endeavour to advance the knowledge of God in all his undertakings. From the cradle to the grave the true Muslim lives for God and God alone”.
-MUHAMMMAD SADIQ DUDLEY WRIGHT
“First and foremost, I would say I accepted Islam because fundamentally I had always been a Muslim without being aware of it.”
-(Mrs.) CECILIA MAHMUDA CONNOLLY
“The saying of the Prophet of Islam ‘Seek knowledge even in China’ made me understand the pro-scientific attitude of Islam, an attitude one can hardly find in the history of the Christian Churches. A deeper study of Islam made it clear to me that Islam is a complex of religious, ethical, social, economical, political, and juridical rules. It gives a satisfactory answer to all questions concerning the life of society”.
-FEYSAL W. WAGENER
“Being a theorist of culture and sociology, I am enchanted by the social institutions of Islam, in particular by the zakat, the law of inheritance, prohibition of usury including interest, the prohibition of aggressive wars, the injunction of the Hajj, and the permission of permitted polygamy which respectively guarantee a right path between Capitalism and Communism, define the right limit of quarrels between States and give a firm basis to rational pacifism, present an excellent means of educating fraternal solidarity between Muslims, whatever their race, nationality, language, culture and social class may be, and lay solid foundations of marriage, which foundations are irrefutably justified by the biological facts and are much more sound than the superficial and insincere monogamy of the Western people.”
-W. JEZIERSKI
‘The difference between Islam and all other religions is that other religions say that through faith you may act; Islam says, rather, that through action faith must be born.”
– H. BUCHANAN-HAMILTON
(The Light – April 24, 1961)
