Identity and Culture
Who are we? We touch here on the central question of identity that has occupied people’s minds and continues today to be the nub...
In The West : First Attempts at Reform [6/6]
This double function of shahada should be more explicitly expressed in the six points enumerated here, of which the first three refer to the...
In The West : First Attempts at Reform [5/6]
We can broadly distinguish here three different—though not completely contradictory—positions that are the expression of three specific legal opinions on this question. Some ulama consider...
In The West : First Attempts at Reform [4/6]
An evaluation of the “Western abode” could be made on the basis of the comparative analysis of the two sets of considerations referred to...
The Washington Post: “France’s Charlie Hebdo blames ordinary Muslims for terrorism”
Charlie Hebdo is back in the headlines — this time for a headline of its own.
Last week, the satirical publication — whose offices were...