Taha Husayn and the fundamentalism/secularism struggle
AS IS WELL KNOWN, the ‘miracle of the Qur’ān’[1] resides in its Arabic language in that the Quraysh were the…
Orientalism and the historicization of the Islamic heritage – 1
THE CONFLICT WITH the Orientalists should be one of methodology or epistemology, in contrast to the conflict waged against them…
Islamist terrorism: active, or reactive? – 2
FOR AS LONG as terrorists draw from the same sources, the difference between the thinking maintained by those bearing weapons…
In praise of Orientalism! – 2
AT THIS STAGE there appeared a translation of the Qur’ān into German by Gustav Fluegel in 1834. These early Orientalists…
Religious Delirium on Women – 2
BUT THE FACT REMAINS that its real source is history, and despite this the Revelation (in which the collective and…
In praise of Orientalism! – 1
I MEAN OF COURSE academic Orientalism, not the superficial, politicised Orientalism associated with colonial administration from the 19th century to…
Religious Delirium on Women – 1
BUT WHAT IS TO BE DONE? One has to combine two complementary strategies: leave the veiled students to study and…