The case for Islamic reform – 1
ACCORDING TO IBN QUTAYBA consensus – that is, the consensus of the nation’s élite (or legislative powers in the contemporary…
On the problem of the Prophet’s infallibility – 2
SHĪʽITE IMAMITE JURISPRUDENCE in itself entirely disavows the possibility of the Prophets committing sins, be they venial or mortal, whether…
Problematic issues in the biography of the Prophet – 2
IN THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM, Dr. Wim Raven wrote an entry on the sīra. What he says in his introduction…
The Qur’ān and the Hadith – Homo Pervertens
THIS HABIT – DISTORTION – seems to be in harmony with the natural course of history, with the character of…
Problematic issues in the biography of the Prophet – 1
IN ITS FINE DETAILS the Prophet’s sīra constitutes a basis for fatwas (juristic ruling concerning Islamic law) and provides the…
On the problem of the Prophet’s infallibility – 1
THE TERM ‘INFALLIBILITY’ is completely absent from early Islamic historiography, and textual evidence on the events of this early period…
The person and the text – the Prophet and the Qur’ān
WHAT EVIDENCE do we have that the expressions of the Qur’ān are influenced by the personality of the Prophet? We…