When fatwās turn on science – 1
THERE IS ANOTHER aspect of the Muftī’s transgression of the limitations of a religious fatwā, and this is when he…
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…
Mosques of Mischief – 1
THIS IS IN ADDITION to a number of rare Hadīths such as ‘the finest soldiers are from Egypt” and the…
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…
When will Muhammad’s nation free itself from its sacralised myths?
AND THIS DESPITE the fact that the Muslim’s belief – as stipulated by the Prophet – is faith in God…
Warfare in the Qur’ān
TO BE HONEST, we are faced with a jurisprudential paradox that respects the rules of logical analogy and concludes that…
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…
Abū Zayd on the intellectual premises of religious discourse
THE DIFFERENCE between them is one of degree, not of type. This is how Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd[1] characterised…
Is the Qur’ān an encyclopædia of science? (Part 2)
THESE THEMSELVES were founded upon intuition, opinion and observation and themselves did not meet all the conditions of scientific observation. Moreover,…
Is the Qur’ān an encyclopædia of science? (Part 1)
THE ANSWER I am given is mostly this: “The Jews defeated us because they held to their faith, and we…