It encourages progressive thinking among Muslims worldwide by exposing them to news, analyses and opinions on a variety of social, political, theological and spiritual issues related to Islam.
Editor Sultan Shahin has stated that he launched NewAgeIslam.com «to reclaim Islam from the clutches of jihadists and petrodollar-funded Salafist-Wahhabis»[1] Its editorial position is liberal and progressive.
Its stated objectives are to: New Age Islam also promotes human equality by arguing, from within the common tradition of all Abrahamic faiths, that all mankind is born from Adam and Eve (Hawwa), rendering religious, ethnics and other differences meaningless.
It has interviewed scholars and activists such as Maulana Zahid ur-Rashidi, Maulana Mirza Mohammad Athar, Banu Mushtaq, Daud Sharifa Khanum, Seema Mustafa, Hanif Lakdawala, Aijaz Ilmi, Firoz Bakht Ahmed and Ather Farouqui, who are working in various fields and seeking to uphold a moderate view of Islam.
It also publishes conservative views of Deobandi scholars such as Maulana Nadeemul Wajidi, and translates opinion pieces from the Urdu press.