Tunisia is hailed by western feminist organizations as the most “progressive” Arab country in the Muslim world. Government sponsorship of abortions, the criminalization of polygyny
While it is clearly desirable for Muslims to apply the sharî‘ah or Islamic law as completely as possible, some provisions in the law require more
Dr Khalid Blankinship, an Islamic historian and professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa, answers a question about the raids on the Meccan Caravans and
A special appeal to all Muslims who are activists working towards social justice from Muslim-American scholars: Islam is a faith concerned with the wellbeing of
Ilm al-Kalām, the term applied to theology in classical Islam, occupies an interesting place in our history. Much more than law (fiqh), its intellectual counterpart,
Imam Dawud Walid gives a moving talk on his recent work, “Centering Black Narrative-Black Muslim Nobles Among the Early Pious Muslims”. In this discourse, Imam
In this moving and very personal essay, Dr. Sherman Jackson provides some reflections on our political, social, and racial identities in the American context. Our
“Salaam alaykum: I am sorry my interview has generated so much ill-will in our community. My request for those defending me is to recognize the
At the RIS Convention in Toronto, Canada this weekend, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf’s responses to questions about Black Lives Matter posed by Mehdi Hasan sparked a
“In other words, the fundamental rule of Islamic learning is that one requires a teacher who possesses knowledge of what the Messenger was given by
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