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:…
Progressive, Enlightened Voices from the Arab World
WHAT ARE THE problematic points raised in the subject of Islamic studies or research on the beginnings of Islam? Firstly:…
IN ANOTHER RESPECT history plays a prominent role in strengthening the student’s sense of national belonging vis-à-vis his society, his…
MUSLIMS BELIEVE that the Qur’an – the word of God and the nucleus of all Islamic faith – was revealed…
THE ABOVE STATEMENT is a short excerpt of a lengthy response by the Salafi cleric ‘Abd al-Ḥayy Yūsuf, to the…
THAT IS WHAT they said, literally. They did not say that they killed him because he is for the regime…
PARALLEL TO THIS political Islam attempted to establish a salvific vision comprised of two miraculous scenarios: The scenario of the…
IS THE MUSHAF of the Caliph ‘Uthmān itself indisputably the Qur’ān of Muhammad? Answer: a resounding ‘no’ in bold letters. How…
AND THE FACT is they have been remarkably successful over the last few decades in embedding the belief among Salafists,…
THE FIRST IS that there was no single intellectual school of thought either in Basra or later in Baghdad that…
THERE IS MUCH that conflicts between the various commentators and their individual opinions and religious affiliations, to the point where…