Theories on the origins of the Hijri calendar and al-Nasi’ – 2
THE NAMES OF THE MONTHS were associated either with the seasons that coincided with them, the activities of the Arabs…
Theories on the origins of the Hijri calendar and al-Nasi’ – 1
THERE ARE VARIOUS EXPLANATIONS for the reason for these postponed days, with some believing that they were subject to the…
The emergence of political Islam – 4
DURING THE 1970S Saudi Arabia’s ambition and desire for influence began to surface. The oil shocks of 1973 and 1979…
The emergence of political Islam – 3
THE PRESENCE OF the Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia has played a crucial role in the development of Salafism. Their…
The emergence of political Islam – 2
THESE TWO MAIN currents of Sunnī Islam emerged at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century,…
The emergence of political Islam – 1
MILOT’S CAREER as a French researcher led him to work with many public and private figures in North Africa and…
The apologetic mindset – techniques of evasion – 2
AL-BAGHAWI ARGUED that Maryam was saying “If you are a believer, do not oppress me” meaning that your piety should…
The apologetic mindset – techniques of evasion – 1
THIS SLIPPERY REVERENTIAL, justificatory mentality has been obsessed with searching for ways out of embarrassing dilemmas – a process that…
Deconstructing the Islamic narrative
AS THESE HAVE accumulated, the problems have become all the more convoluted and the threads of argument confused, to the point…
The quicksilver, reverential, justificatory mentality – 2
WHAT GOVERNED, and still governs, the quicksilver, reverential, justifying mentality, is the assumption of divine intervention in the course of historical events. The course…