In praise of Orientalism! – 1
I MEAN OF COURSE academic Orientalism, not the superficial, politicised Orientalism associated with colonial administration from the 19th century to…
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I MEAN OF COURSE academic Orientalism, not the superficial, politicised Orientalism associated with colonial administration from the 19th century to…
HADITH BEGAN to be fabricated during the lifetime of the Prophet himself and men became famous for their expertise in…
THE TITLE OF THIS ESSAY comes from one of the books of the late Khalīl ‘Abd al-Karīm in which the…
LET US CONTENT ourselves at this juncture to speak of Revelation as a completed act, and one which believers consider…
HERE WE WILL CONCENTRATE on the mechanism of Salafist ostracism whose purpose, in the final analysis, is domination. The Salafist…
ACCORDING TO IBN QUTAYBA consensus – that is, the consensus of the nation’s élite (or legislative powers in the contemporary…
SHĪʽITE IMAMITE JURISPRUDENCE in itself entirely disavows the possibility of the Prophets committing sins, be they venial or mortal, whether…
IN THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM, Dr. Wim Raven wrote an entry on the sīra. What he says in his introduction…
THIS HABIT – DISTORTION – seems to be in harmony with the natural course of history, with the character of…
IN ITS FINE DETAILS the Prophet’s sīra constitutes a basis for fatwas (juristic ruling concerning Islamic law) and provides the…