Zakat atau 2,5% dari tabungan yang wajib disumbangkan umat Islam untuk beramal telah mengubah kehidupan di negara-negara seperti Indonesia dan berpotensi untuk mengurangi kemiskinan global serta berkontribusi terhadap Tujuan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan PBB jika dimanfaatkan secara profesional
Despite evidence that polygamy is marginal, declining, and not specific to a religious group, it has been weaponised against Muslims to fuel Islamophobia, even as the Quran, the primary source of Islamic law, backs monogamy as the preferred model of marriage, underlining how polygamy can never be fair and just
Amid global anti-Muslim hysteria and the clash of civilizations narrative, the lived reality tells a different story: Hindus, Christians, and other minorities thrive in Muslim-majority societies like Indonesia and the Gulf, where Islamic traditions coexist with mutual respect, defining social and political life
Centenarian Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister who returned to politics at 92 after retiring in 2003, transformed his country over his 22-year rule through pragmatic policies that spurred economic growth and development, transforming a commodity-based economy into a high-tech industrial hub
Reagan and economist Arthur Laffer used Ibn Khaldun’s ideas to build modern conservative tax policy, although the Islamic roots of supply-side economics and the influence of the Islamic Golden Age remains largely forgotten
Arab Muslim polymath Ibn Khaldun’s supply-side economic theory that tax cuts stimulate the economy and generate greater revenues influenced Ronald Reagan’s economic policies, and the Laffer Curve, which shaped modern conservative tax policy
Persian poet Saadi, who influenced thinkers such as French Enlightenment writer-philosopher Voltaire, was among the stalwarts who studied in Baghdad at iconic educational institutes such as Nizamiya College and Mustansiriya University, known for their structured teachings and diverse student body, during the Islamic Golden Age
A nuanced understanding of historical Jewish experiences under Muslim rule, include the refuge and respect Jews found in the Ottoman Empire in sharp contrast with their persecution in Europe, and thriving of Jews in Muslim societies for centuries before the rise of Zionism and tensions over Palestine disrupted the historical harmony could help improve Jewish-Muslims relations and aid the Israel-Palestine conflict resolution
Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela documented the flourishing Jewish life under the Abbasid Empire during Islam’s Golden Age, highlighting the stark contrast between the prosperity of Jews in Baghdad compared to their persecution in Europe, centuries before the rise of the Zionist movement disrupted historical Jewish-Muslim coexistence
Islamic Golden Age polymath Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina (980-1037), better known as ibn Sina and Avicenna, influenced healthcare for centuries by laying foundational principles for modern medicine, emphasizing disease prevention and understanding transmission vectors
