Islamic fundamentalism and the roots of violence
LIBERAL THINKERS envisage this demand as facing three obstacles: firstly colonial financial institutions, secondly America, thirdly fundamentalism. Contemporary Muslim fundamentalists believe…
The Utopia of Muslim world dominion
IN ORDER FOR this dream to be realized, one necessary condition must first be met: that is, that all the…
Enmity to philosophy and cultural backwardness
THIS IS FURTHER proof of the alliance between institutions of power and religion. The first institution covered itself with the…
Modernity and the Arab Heritage
MODERNITY DOES NOT recognise the phrase: ‘this scientific research or this thinking is contrary to the fundamentals of the state’.…
The influence of heritage on the Arab mindset
THE FIRST OF THESE THEMES is oneness – in that Islam laid emphasis on the oneness of the deity, and where the…
The meaning of the term ‘Isra’iliyyat’
ISLAMISTS FREQUENTLY make use of the term Isrā’īliyyāt when responding to those who differ with them in interpreting a Qur’ānic…
The historical roots of Islamic Sharīʻa
THE TITLE OF THIS ESSAY comes from one of the books of the late Khalīl ‘Abd al-Karīm in which the…