Syriac and Aramaic origins of the Qur’an – 2
AT THE BEGINNING of his commentary, Luxenberg refers to al-Suyūṭī (1445-1505 CE), who mentions Abū al-Qāsim in his Languages of the…
Progressive, Enlightened Voices from the Arab World
AT THE BEGINNING of his commentary, Luxenberg refers to al-Suyūṭī (1445-1505 CE), who mentions Abū al-Qāsim in his Languages of the…
DURING THE 1970S Saudi Arabia’s ambition and desire for influence began to surface. The oil shocks of 1973 and 1979…
THE PRESENCE OF the Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia has played a crucial role in the development of Salafism. Their…
THESE TWO MAIN currents of Sunnī Islam emerged at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century,…
MILOT’S CAREER as a French researcher led him to work with many public and private figures in North Africa and…
AL-AZHAR FORMED a ‘Scientific Research Academy’ which specialized in confiscating books critical of Islam or the Companions, instead of actually…
AL-BAGHAWI ARGUED that Maryam was saying “If you are a believer, do not oppress me” meaning that your piety should…
THIS SLIPPERY REVERENTIAL, justificatory mentality has been obsessed with searching for ways out of embarrassing dilemmas – a process that…
AS THESE HAVE accumulated, the problems have become all the more convoluted and the threads of argument confused, to the point…
WHAT GOVERNED, and still governs, the quicksilver, reverential, justifying mentality, is the assumption of divine intervention in the course of historical events. The course…