Reading the Koran
For Muslims the Koran stands as the Text of reference, the source and the essence of the message transmitted to humanity by the creator....
A response to Ayaan Hirsi Ali
A case of selecting hearing
OXFORD — In a recent article, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the former Dutch legislator and author of “Infidel,” accused the so-called...
Plotting the Future of Islamic Studies
Teaching and Research in the Current Political Climate
Interest in Islamic Studies has grown rapidly in recent years, but not always for the best of...
Around Mrs Gillian Gibbons’ sad story in Sudan. Come back to Islam, come back...
It would be possible, of course, to say that the media are always covering damaging stories about the Muslims and the Islamic majority countries....
Radical Reform : Ethics and Liberation (2/2)
This is the second excerpt from Tariq Ramadan's Forthcoming BookThe question of scriptural sources
In the contemporary debate over “reform” within Islam’s universe of reference,...