Feminist Islam as an Islamic reform – 2
THE PROBLEM LIES in the control of masculine authority over the understanding and interpretation of religious texts and their application…
Ten proofs for secularism in Islamic jurisprudence
SOMEONE MIGHT ASK: is there any legal evidence in the Islamic religion supporting secularism? In my opinion there are ten…
Is Islam the faith closest to secularism?
ONE SUCH ACCUSATION Rashid al-Ghannouchi made in his book The Principles of Governance and Power in Islam, where he maintained…
Mohammed Arkoun – two sides of the same intellectual coin
HE FACED, ON THE ONE HAND, ideologised, Western orientalist thought that undervalues the Arab-Islamic civilizational process, and waged an extended…
Problems in the ‘Arab Renaissance’ – 3
HISTORY, FOR MUSLIMS, proceeds from unity to diversity, “from perfection to imperfection, from pinnacle to base, and from faith to…
Religious extremism – between fantasy and heresy – 2
THE EXTREMIST IS a preacher and a missionary, one who is committed to the salvation of souls and bearer of…
Religious extremism – between fantasy and heresy – 1
IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE fact that the vast majority in Arab society still believes itself to be the owner of…
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…
Towards the criminalisation of Takfīr – 2
THIS HAPPENED, for example, in Sudan in 1985, where the victim was Shaykh Mahmoud Muḥammad Ṭaha.[1] President Numeiri had decided…
Towards the criminalisation of Takfīr – 1
IS IT PERMISSIBLE in the modern era for individuals, committees or institutions to be set up with a mission to…