Islam as it is understood and practiced by the vast majority of modern Muslims has little or no place for liberal democracy. The rights and freedoms that Westerners have come to believe are inherent ...

‘Something has changed!” That phrase dominated conversation, including the media, in much of France a day after the worst carnage the country has experienced in peacetime. Some labeled the attack in ...

This course explores contemporary Islamic thought on the legitimacy of national and international legal orders; it reviews contemporary Islamic-legal theories on the topics of legislation, ...

Mustafa Akyol said he is calling for an epistemological shift in Islam’s interpretation of religious tenets. “We need to be able to look at the law, see its context, and realize that there are other ...

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Fethullah Gulen is a provincial Turkish preacher who has inspired a worldwide network of Muslims who feel at home in the modern world. The chief characteristic of the Gulen movement is that it does ...

"The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on ...

Aly Salem shows a refreshing honesty when he notes how any critique of Islam or even Islamist fundamentalism is often shouted down as being Islamophobic (“Let’s Talk About How Islam Has Been Hijacked, ...

A few years ago, Robert Reilly wrote a book that may offer the key to understanding the advance of Islamic terror against the West: The Closing of the Muslim Mind ...

KARACHI, PK / ACCESS Newswire / September 24, 2025 / Faiz e Islam, a leading Islamic research and educational initiative, has released new insights connecting the timeless wisdom of Surah Yasin with ...