The controversial concept of ‘Islamism’
IN THIS SENSE the Prophet Muḥammad is the founder of political Islam, for which reason the religion’s shaykhs strongly protest…
Progressive, Enlightened Voices from the Arab World
IN THIS SENSE the Prophet Muḥammad is the founder of political Islam, for which reason the religion’s shaykhs strongly protest…
SOME OF THESE STUDIES feature the accumulated conclusions and questions posed by the latest research into the sources of the…
LATER OUTSHADOWING the biography of Ibn Isḥāq was the work of Ibn Hishām (ob. 218 AH), who refined it and…
THE FACT IS that this idea was simply an ideological position adopted for religious propaganda purposes. It bears no relation…
MUSLIMS, AS WE KNOW, received what we term the intellectual sciences via translations, within the framework of a general and…
THE HISTORY OF ‘Thamūd’ dates back to the third millennium BC (circa 3000–2500 BC), and they were inhabitants of north-western…
NOW IF WE COMPARE the phrase of this message with a Qur’ānic text from sūrat al-Isrā’ verse 23: Thy Lord…
THIS IS BECAUSE the Prophet himself did not interpret the Qur’ānic sūras and verses, with the exception of a few.…
BY ADOPTING a comparative historical and anthropological approach, the author examines the most important Qur’ānic themes, including: – An institution…
ALONGSIDE THE current of historical criticism of the Qur’ān, a new direction of research emerged around the middle of the…