The early history of Islam – Introduction to the problems – 2
THIS IS THE ATTEMPT to form a picture of what took place. Thus, in addition to the methodologies which scientific…
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…
Is Islam the faith closest to secularism?
ONE SUCH ACCUSATION Rashid al-Ghannouchi made in his book The Principles of Governance and Power in Islam, where he maintained…
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…
Verse 10 of Surat Al-Fath and its role in consolidating power
CONSIDERED FROM ANOTHER angle this is one of the verses that strengthens the authority of the sovereign and establishes his…
The Qur’ānic text – Hypothesis 5
SUCH A SPEECH has therefore to exist as a result of one of three conditions: either it is written in…
Islam between fiqh and hadith – which comes first?
DISAGREEMENT AMONG the hadith narrators was a constant and at times reached the point of mutual insults and takfīr.[2] The…
Opening up ijtihād – opening up the mind – 2
FUNDAMENTALIST REVIVALISTS have been exaggerating and emphasizing their claims to the point that you now see and hear people who…
Opening up ijtihād – opening up the mind – 1
THE SCHOLARS OF THE PRINCIPLES of jurisprudence also made important efforts here to specify what the forms of analogy were…
Terrorism’s symphony
BY THE SAME CATEGORY, as a technical designation, groups of extremist political Islam are termed ‘fundamentalists’, although the word ‘fundamentalist’…