As Greece edges closer to accepting a 45 billion Euros EU/IMF aid package to restructure its external debts totaling 300 billion Euros[i], the role of Germany in exacerbating the crisis has not gone unnoticed. Speaking to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, the billionaire financier George Soros said,"The Germans have always made the concessions needed to advance the European Union, when people were looking for a deal. Not anymore. That's…

Where there must be unanimity in opinion and where difference is allowedThe Ummah is one Jama'ah in its root. Islam has made clear where differences do not arise and where they can arise. وَاعْتَصِمُواْ بِحَبْلِ اللّهِ جَمِيعاً وَلاَ تَفَرَّقُوا "And hold tight to the rope of Allah and divide not," [TMQ Ale-Imran: 103] Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'aala) orders the Muslims to hold tight and not let go of the rope…

The Method comprises of the Shari'ah rules that clarify how the rules of the Thought, the Aqeedah and the Shari'ah rules describing the Solutions, are implemented. The link between the Thought and the Method are that they arise from the same Aqeedah and they are both Hukm Shar'i. So, Islam mandates Iman in the Creator and the Prophethood of Muhammad (SAW), which is from the rules of the Thought. These…

The debt crisis in Greece is ample proof that the world is still reeling from the global financial crisis that occurred in the aftermath of Lehman Brothers' collapse in September 2008. Initially only a handful of governments like Pakistan, Ukraine, Iceland and some Eastern European were affected by the credit crunch. These countries had to borrow money to meet their debt obligations and ensure fiscal stability. But now, the crisis…