Women and the Qur’anic Prescriptions
One of the most sensitive and oft-debated issues with regard to Islam concerns the status and role of…
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Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
When Karen Armstrong was asked to make a wish as one of the 2008 TED prize winners, she…
The Appeal of the Qur’an to Observation and Reason
Humans are endowed with the faculties of reason and intellect, and to ask them to abandon their intellectual…
People with Disabilities from an Islamic Perspective
Special education and the Islamic principle of inclusion Historically, people with disabilities have been prey to society’s misconceptions,…
A Brief Introduction to the Noble Qur’an
Islam is a fast growing religion in the West. For the last few decades, there has been growing…
Human Rights and Islam
Question: What is the Islamic stance on human rights? How does Islam regard the killing of a person?…
Learning from Islam
One has only to visit a place such as the Gallipoli Mosque at Auburn and receive the welcome…
Rethinking Islamic Philosophy and Theology
There are not many scholars interested in Islamic philosophy and theology in the West. Despite this fact, there…
The World in the Womb
In the recent past, the Islamic world as a whole has lived through its most depressed periods, whether…
Issues Raised in the Aftermath of the Cartoon Offense
The offensive editorial cartoons published in a Danish newspaper started a controversy that eventually led to protests all…
The Moon Sighting and the Lunar Calendar
The Islamic calendar is based on lunar months, which begin when a new crescent is sighted in the…
Has “the Clash of Civilizations” Found Empirical Support?
Samuel Huntington first published his article “The Clash of Civilizations?” in 1993. Later, in 1996 he published “The…
Spiritual Revolution for The Universal Peace
MOSCOW – Arbat Street has always been compared to Oxford Street in London, or 5th Avenue in Manhattan,…
The Statue of Our Souls: Revival in Islamic Thought and Activism
Those who have followed Gulen’s world of ideas closely will see that what he wrote or preached 15-20…
Terror and Suicide Attacks: An Islamic Perspective
Frankly, I was happy to accept the request to prepare a foreword for the readers of the present…