Future Islam
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What is Islam and who speaks for it today?
For me, the advent of Islam was more a social revolution than a “religious one”! “ “the concept of social…
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Conventional Pattern of Qur’anic Interpretation: A Critique
Introduction The more the distance between the time of Qur’anic revelation and any period later on, the stronger the need…
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An Islamic Meltdown?
We have made ourselves a crisis nation and since our crisis has a global ramification, we are looked at as…
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Shari‘ah Implementation in South Sulawesi: An Analysis of the KPPSI Movement
Introduction The aspiration for formal implementation of Shari‘ah in Indonesia is by no means a new issue. In fact, such…
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The Silver Lining
The forth anniversary of the horrible attack on United States soil is fast approaching. As this anniversary approaches, we have…
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Raising Awareness Toward Reforming Islamic Programs on Arab Gulf Satellite Services
INTRODUCTION Population of Gulf Cooperation Council states (G.C.C.), including non-nationals is reported to reach nearly 25 million. Almost 40% of…
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Shouldn’t there be a war on poverty?
Lining up patiently together with old ladies, foul mouthed youths and people reeking of alcohol, a highly qualified engineer waits…
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Religious Human Rights and the Qur’an
Given the centrality of the Qur’an to the lives of the majority of the more than one billion Muslims of…
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Islamophobia: A Call to Confronting a Creeping Disease
President Bush reacting to the unearthing of the alleged bombing plot over the Atlantic August 10 remarked: “This nation is…
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Islam and the Political Unification of Humanity
As a scholar and philosopher of religion, I have struggled to come to terms with the essence of Islam as…
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