Religious extremism – between fantasy and heresy – 2
THE EXTREMIST IS a preacher and a missionary, one who is committed to the salvation of souls and bearer of…
Religious extremism – between fantasy and heresy – 1
IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE fact that the vast majority in Arab society still believes itself to be the owner of…
Islamic law and the circumstance of time and place
IN THIS BRIEF DISCUSSION, I will discuss some Islamic legal rulings, and then go on to read them in a…
Is religious reform possible?
ALL SECULARISTS RAISING the issue of religious reform as a means to overturn the three decade-long domination of fundamentalism are…
When fatwās turn on science – 2
TUNISIA SUFFERED in the year 1818 from a huge epidemic. Historians report that a doctor of European origin alerted the…
When fatwās turn on science – 1
THERE IS ANOTHER aspect of the Muftī’s transgression of the limitations of a religious fatwā, and this is when he…
Problems in the ‘Arab Renaissance’ – 2
WITH THIS UNDERSTANDING they are not content with confirming racist Orientalist clichés, but are drawing in many sympathizers among youth…
Compassion in light of the doctrine of Al-Walā’ wal-Barā’
ACCORDING TO THE DOCTRINE of ‘loyalty and renunciation’, [1] a charitable action or a good deed are not accepted as…
Islam, the Arabs and civilization
WHAT, THEN, DO WE mean by ‘civilization’? Civilization is represented, geographically speaking, by a complex human society that demonstrates characteristics…
Can Muslim liberals renew Islam?
THE ARAB MUSLIM WOMAN reverted to the status that she had in the 19th-century – the hijab returned, as did…