The Historical Development Of The Islamic Community In The United States
Introduction In the following historical survey I cover some basic realities of the Muslim experience in the US.…
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Lamu’s Sacred Meadows
Lamu Lamu is a small island off the coast of Kenya, no larger than ten square miles. It…
Understanding Dreams
Are dreams merely electro-chemical currents passing through the brain? Is there meaning to be found in what we…
Classification of Knowledge: A Comparison of Al-Ghazali and Al-Ansari
The lives of al-Ghazali and al-Ansari Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was born in the city of Tus, northern Persia…
Islam and Science
Polarization of Muslim opinion The relationship between Islam and Science has been a point of scholarly discussion for…
Reincarnation Undressing The Fallacies
Belief in some form of this doctrine of endless cycles of birth, death and re-birth, can be found…
International Law Today
In this article, I shall consider the impact on the earliest European writes on international law of al-siyar…
A Companion Of The Prophet: Mus’ab Ibn Umayr
Mus’ab ibn Umayr was born and grew up in the lap of luxury. His rich parents lavished a…
English Converts To Islam-2
Conversion patterns Lofland and Skonovd (1981) distinguish six types of conversion patterns-intellectual, mystical, experimental, affectional, revivalistic, and coercive.…
Questions: A Key to Knowledge
Knowledge is a treasury, the key to which is the question. The vast treasury of Islamic knowledge remains…
A Companion of The Prophet: Talha ibn Ubaydullah
Returning to Mecca in haste after a trading trip to Syria, Talha asked his family: ’Did anything happen…
English Converts to Islam
The current number of English converts to Islam is estimated at around 3,000-5,000 and their number seems to…
Transfer of technology from the Islamic world to the West
INTRODUCTION Technology is the tool of civilization, and for Islamic civilization to have been such a leading force…
A Companion of The Prophet: Sa’id ibn Zayd
Zayd the son of ‘Amr stood away from the Quraysh crowd as they celebrated one of their festivals.…
How is that Islam, a religon inspired by Allah for the good of humanity, allows slavery?
There are historical, social and psychological dimensions to this question, which we must work through patiently, if we…