On the jihad of captive women
IN SHARĪ‘A IT HAS two aspects: collective and individual. The collective aspect is to do one’s best to remove everything…
Shaykh al-Azhar and the ‘rules’ on beating women
YET THOSE WHO CRITICISED the Shaykh of Al-Azhar all know that all he did was interpret a clear verse that…
In what way are Muslims ‘defeated when they abolished slavery’? – 2
BUT WHEN THE COMMAND came to the female slave, that is, the mulk al-yamīn, Malik quoted Sa’īd ibn al-Musayyib and Sulaymān…
In what way are Muslims ‘defeated when they abolished slavery’? – 1
On the website Sudan Online an Islamist wrote an essay entitled ‘How Muslims lost by abolishing slavery.'[i] Its author bemoaned the divine…
Islamism in the light of al-walā’ wal-barā’ in the Qur’ān
WHAT IS A CONSTITUTION? It is a set of rules that lay down the principles for the protection of public…
Ibn Taymiyya and the crime of the extremists – 2
IBN TAYMIYYA, who is characterized by his generosity in word and deed, tells us that everyone who hears about Islam…
Ibn Taymiyya and the crime of the extremists – 1
THESE FIGURES INFLUENCED Abū al-Aʽlā al-Mawdūdī in India and Sayyid Quṭb in Egypt who produced for us the Muslim Brotherhood,…