The Conscience Clause
We have shown how the idea of belonging to the umma is formed and structured at various levels and how, through the notion of contract, the apparent opposition between the […]
View ArticleAn Inventory
We are here beginning a transitional chapter between our statement of fundamental principles and the tools that construct Islamic thought and a more concrete consideration of the realities on the […]
View ArticlePress Release: Professor Tariq Ramadan sent a Letter to Indonesian President...
01/08/2016 – Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford Tariq Ramadan urges president of Indonesia Joko Widodo to stop executions The execution spree in Indonesia has moved […]
View ArticleAssets and Deficits
Five years ago, in my book To Be a European Muslim, I recalled that the “new presence” of Muslims in Europe, as in North America, was a recent phenomenon that […]
View Article“The Song of Power” By Yasmina Aboufirass
“All opinions are that of the author and not necessarily those of the website that it is published under.” When words are said and deeds are done Truths molded and […]
View Article“Religion as a scapegoat for violence and extremism” by Charles Ganaprakasam
“All opinions are that of the author and not necessarily those of the website that it is published under.” Each individual in this planet ought to comprehend the most vital […]
View ArticleDeficits
An observer of Muslim communities cannot fail to notice, even after only a few days’ fieldwork, that Muslim communities are very diverse and diversified and that they are shot through […]
View ArticleTheguardian.com: “The detention of Homa Hoodfar is unjust and unIslamic. Iran...
As Muslim scholar, I am deeply troubled by the unlawful and unjust detention of professor Homa Hoodfar, an Iranian-Canadian scholar who was detained in March while visiting friends and family […]
View ArticleGeneral Objectives
Between the idealism of the principles of the Way and the difficulties of daily life in the West, Muslims owe it to themselves to awaken their faith and their intellect […]
View ArticleContribution
Perhaps that is how this first part should end. So many demands have been made on Muslims to adapt, to integrate, even to be assimilated, that some of them have […]
View Article“What did the Olympics do for humanity” By Abubakar N. KASIM
One might ask. After the too much excitement, fancy celebrations, and multibillion dollar gathering, what is next? What benefits did it bring to humanity? What did the poor get out […]
View ArticleThe Meaning of Engagement
Taking as the starting point the Islamic world of reference presented in part I, I am going to try to present here some perspectives on the future of Muslims in […]
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