The paradox of our scholars
WE FIND that the majority of conservative clerics, throughout the history of the Islamic call, have never once looked with…
Problems in Arab Muslim historiography – 2
A STILL LARGER problem looms related to the arrangement of the suras of the Qur’an: the verses in the current…
Arab education and the challenges of the future
THE CHALLENGES of the future can only be confronted by knowledgeable and educated societies, knowledgeable in the sense of cultural…
Problems in Arab Muslim historiography – 1
WHAT ARE THE problematic points raised in the subject of Islamic studies or research on the beginnings of Islam? Firstly:…
The Absence of the City, Individuality and Citizenship in Arab-Islamic Culture
MOREOVER, DESPITE the number of passers-by and passing cars, the street like anywhere else is always a peaceful place where…
Letters from London: Al-Turabi and western civilisation – 2
AL-TURABI CONTINUES to describe his travails with English society, especially the women, whom he described as “the key to corruption.”…
Islamic history is the shaper of the Arab mind
IN ANOTHER RESPECT history plays a prominent role in strengthening the student’s sense of national belonging vis-à-vis his society, his…
Islam as the beginning and end of history
MUSLIMS BELIEVE that the Qur’an – the word of God and the nucleus of all Islamic faith – was revealed…
Letters from London: Al-Turabi and western civilisation – 1
AL-TURABI’S LETTERS included many topics, including his personal feelings about self-fighting, supplication, and not being in a hurry to win…
The collation and burning of the Qur’ān text
OTHERS GO FURTHER and consider that the Qur’ān was intended to be sacralised by its preservation in the memory, so…