Srinagar, Dec. 3 -- There is a constant whisper that reaches the human heart from two powerful enemies. One is Shaytan and the other is the untrained nafs. Together they try to convince us that Islam is restrictive, that the path of faith is a narrow road full of rules that hold us back from our desires and dreams. Many people fall into this illusion and begin to believe that living by divine guidance somehow limits human potential. Yet nothing could be farther from the truth. Islam does not confine the human spirit. Islam liberates it in the purest and most complete sense.

When a believer connects to the universal truth of the Creator, when he accepts an ethical code that comes from the One who designed his soul and knows its needs, he ...