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…
The ethical damage from Madīnan Islam
THIS DESIRE IS deeply rooted in the psychology of a certain class of Muslims – the Salafists, Wahhabists and Jihadis…
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…
Mosques of Mischief – 2
THE MUSLIM ONLY KNOWS about the religion of his Christian fellow in Egypt according to what the Islamic faith in…
Mosques of Mischief – 1
THIS IS IN ADDITION to a number of rare Hadīths such as ‘the finest soldiers are from Egypt” and the…
The Nahda equation – between the past and the present
BY SO DOING they are erecting a formula whereby progress cannot be achieved without being based upon a formula of…
Was our past history a happy one?
EVER SINCE the armies of Abū Bakr went out to fight those who abandoned zakāh in the name of the…
On the Islamic religious mindset
IN GENERAL the religious mindset relies on conveying its established, textually confirmed precedent over the generations and over time, counting…
When will Muhammad’s nation free itself from its sacralised myths?
AND THIS DESPITE the fact that the Muslim’s belief – as stipulated by the Prophet – is faith in God…
Warfare in the Qur’ān
TO BE HONEST, we are faced with a jurisprudential paradox that respects the rules of logical analogy and concludes that…