The early history of Islam – Introduction to the problems – 1
THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO GUARDED by a fierce and violent force of deterrence directed at everyone who lets himself be…
When did Islam emerge? – 1
THE ARABIC LANGUAGE, the language of the Qur’an, grew from a cradle of the Syriac Aramaic language that was prevalent…
Exploring Islam’s position on violence – 2
THE ISSUE IS THEREFORE not limited to support and financing, nor even to ‘misconceptions’, for the sense of certitude that…
Exploring Islam’s position on violence – 1
THIS PERSPECTIVE has not been sufficiently examined since it has been dealt with for the large part on the basis…
One reason for backwardness: prohibiting comparative religion
TO ILLUSTRATE THIS, let us take one example: Is the study of comparative religion allowed in our universities? Religious phenomenology…
Glorification tendencies in the teaching of Islamic history
THE QUESTION we must pose here is this: Do we teach our Islamic history to our youth according to an…
Separating the Islam of Faith from the Islam of History – 2
THE IDEAL MEANS to achieve this is through the comparative history of religions, which by itself can illustrate religious phenomenology…
Problems in Arab Muslim historiography – 2
A STILL LARGER problem looms related to the arrangement of the suras of the Qur’an: the verses in the current…
Problems in Arab Muslim historiography – 1
WHAT ARE THE problematic points raised in the subject of Islamic studies or research on the beginnings of Islam? Firstly:…
Competing readings of Islamic history
THE LEGITIMACY OF this reading derives solely from its status as successor to the rule of the Prophet. History is,…