Islamic myths – Yajuj and Majuj – 1
THE NARRATORS OF THE ISRĀ’ĪLIYYĀT[1] took advantage of this verse to fabricate superstitions to plant in the minds of the…
Islam and respect for the intellect – 3
MUSLIMS BEGAN TO PREOCCUPY themselves with trivial matters. In the fourth chapter of his work Iḥyā ‘Ulūm al-Dīn (The Revival of the…
Islam and respect for the intellect – 2
RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET, the Qur’ān has not respected the Muslim mind. It has forced him to believe in what…
Islam and respect for the intellect – 1
THE TWO WORDS are yatafakkarūn (‘they think’) and ya‘qilūn (‘they reason’). The Qur’ān uses both words to assure the believer that God created the…
Within the mind
THERE IS NO CREATIVITY, progress or civilizational growth – cultural, technological or scientific – while thinkers remain boxed in by…
Prayers on the Christians as ‘infidels’ – 1
IN THIS INTERVIEW, conducted in 1988 by the Parisian journal L’Actualité Religieuse he said the following: “Prayer is one of the five…
No to the prevailing interpretations of the faith
IT IS NOT THAT the time has now come for change – that has long been the case – the…