Mu‘tazila rationalism between past failure and present need
AMONG THE MOST FAMOUS Mu‘tazilites were Wāṣil ibn ‘Aṭā’, ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd, Ibrāhīm al-Naẓẓām, Hishām ibn ‘Amr al-Fūṭī, Al-Zamakhsharī the…
Progressive, Enlightened Voices from the Arab World
AMONG THE MOST FAMOUS Mu‘tazilites were Wāṣil ibn ‘Aṭā’, ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd, Ibrāhīm al-Naẓẓām, Hishām ibn ‘Amr al-Fūṭī, Al-Zamakhsharī the…
HOW IS POPULAR ISLAM different from ideological Islam? If the former was a historical development, the latter takes its origin from secret movements,…
AS THESE HAVE accumulated, the problems have become all the more convoluted and the threads of argument confused, to the point…
IN THE FACE of a project for scientific enlightenment, a wasted, unrealized possibility persisted. If one of the axioms of…
LOOKING CAREFULLY at the constant presence of this tale in Arab society, we can restrict its repercussions or impact to…
IT IS ALSO WORTH mentioning that over the centuries women have occupied the highest ranks in government and state such…
IN MY PERSONAL ESTIMATION, had Professor Mahmoud not been radical and true to his thoughts and writings, to his will…
BY THE SAME CATEGORY, as a technical designation, groups of extremist political Islam are termed ‘fundamentalists’, although the word ‘fundamentalist’…
POSITIVE LAW, on the other hand, eliminates the ingenious techniques for torturing men or denigrating his status on earth in…
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE rulings constitute a social tragedy for the families of those executed. These can include individuals with…