Why Do People Convert to Islam After Reading the Holy Qur’an?
Although no religious beliefs can be fully based on logic and reasoning, Islam and Quran provide more than enough examples and an opportunity to examine…
Category: Islam
Why the Niqab is Religious and Not Cultural
By Shams Adduha Muhammad Once again, Muslims of Britain are under the microscope. This time it is the niqab, the face covering worn by many Muslim women.…
Pitfalls in the Nation Building Project
The migration to Madinah and the establishment of a new society proved itself challenging to the early Muslims. Within the first few months, they were…
Legend Profile: Nusaybah bint Ka’ab, The First Woman Warrior
March is Women’s History Month, and for the whole of the month, there will be a focus on both historic and contemporary “sheroes.” Islamic history…
Methods to Re-establish Islamic Values
Addressing the Issue We have a problem. The ummah continues to move away from a life guided by Islamic principles to the detriment of the…
What is a Madhhab? Exploring the Role of Islamic Schools of Law
By Dr. Emad Hamdeh Introduction Earlier this year, a debate between the grand imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb and Mohamed Othman al-Khosht, President of…
`Aqīdah and Human Origin
Muslims are heirs to a robust scholarship rooted in divine knowledge unlike any the world has seen before. Despite this, few things have caused as…
On Divine Communication & Messengers
In this series so far, we have established the Creator’s existence after a brief discussion on epistemology and then, followed it with an explanation of…
On the Attributes of Allah
A version of this article was first published in Al-Madania Magazine. Introduction In the previous article of this series, we established that belief in Allah…
Reviving the Waqf Tradition: Moral Imagination and the Structural Causes of Poverty
Abstract This paper builds on recent research classifying Islamic charitable endowments—the institution of the waqf—into distinct stages of historical and institutional development. It aims to imagine…