Keeping factionalism away from the Qur’ān
AND THE SAME GOES for the early Tābiʽūn. All this was far cry from anyone imposing his ideological desires upon…
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…
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…
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…
Mosques of Mischief – 2
THE MUSLIM ONLY KNOWS about the religion of his Christian fellow in Egypt according to what the Islamic faith in…
The Utopia of Muslim world dominion
IN ORDER FOR this dream to be realized, one necessary condition must first be met: that is, that all 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…
The mechanisms of religious discourse according to Abu Zayd
THE MOST IMPORTANT of these mechanisms, in his view, are the following: Fusing speculation with religion, and the denial of…
The concept of a ‘religious police’
ONE OF THESE PARADOXES was the emergence of a religious police and a Tunisian committee promoting virtue and preventing vice,…
The contest of tafkīr and takfīr
THE TAKFIRIST on the other hand lacks mental capacity, a cogent argument or any convincing evidence for his views, and…