Review A.rticle S~AA Rizvi: Sufi and Scholar
... is his Iran: Royalty, Religion and Revolutions. The book was published in 1980, soon after Iran's Islamic revolution. Iran is the only country where Shiism is a State religion, and this gives a new dimension to its politics and society. In the Ithna (or Isna) Ashari Shi'i Islam, the martyrdom of Ima ...
... is his Iran: Royalty, Religion and Revolutions. The book was published in 1980, soon after Iran's Islamic revolution. Iran is the only country where Shiism is a State religion, and this gives a new dimension to its politics and society. In the Ithna (or Isna) Ashari Shi'i Islam, the martyrdom of Ima ...
Imam Ibrahim Saidy - The Lutheran World Federation
... pleasures from dawn to sunset, with the intention of worship’. As indicated in the above quotations, there are numerous spiritual benefits associated with fasting. Fasting is extremely efficient for the acquisition of taqwaa (piety or God consciousness), without which a Muslim cannot gain closeness ...
... pleasures from dawn to sunset, with the intention of worship’. As indicated in the above quotations, there are numerous spiritual benefits associated with fasting. Fasting is extremely efficient for the acquisition of taqwaa (piety or God consciousness), without which a Muslim cannot gain closeness ...
Muslim Modernity: Poetics, Politics, and Metaphysics
... the case of India. this sense of a different Muslim history, and hence an exceptional Muslim identity. is accentuated after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. For the Muslims of India. the Rebellion was a monumental event: after the rebellion. the nominal Muslim rule - the rule of Bahadur Shah. the last ...
... the case of India. this sense of a different Muslim history, and hence an exceptional Muslim identity. is accentuated after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. For the Muslims of India. the Rebellion was a monumental event: after the rebellion. the nominal Muslim rule - the rule of Bahadur Shah. the last ...
Stefan Wild: God, Man and Prop
... dishonourable women”. In the presentday context this implies “uncovered” women are not decent, which involves duress for unveiled Muslim women and is a slur on all non-Muslim women. The sense of the original text is often restricted by reading into it later Islamic interpretations. A. Khoury and R. ...
... dishonourable women”. In the presentday context this implies “uncovered” women are not decent, which involves duress for unveiled Muslim women and is a slur on all non-Muslim women. The sense of the original text is often restricted by reading into it later Islamic interpretations. A. Khoury and R. ...
Contesting rituals - Carolina Academic Press
... scholar healers” (this volume, Ch. 3). Bruce Lawrence, in the work we have cited above, argues “that the experience of Muslim women, above all, calls for a more nuanced approach to Islam and global change” (1998: 3). Pnina Werbner, in an account of the social dramas in Manchester, England, emerging ...
... scholar healers” (this volume, Ch. 3). Bruce Lawrence, in the work we have cited above, argues “that the experience of Muslim women, above all, calls for a more nuanced approach to Islam and global change” (1998: 3). Pnina Werbner, in an account of the social dramas in Manchester, England, emerging ...
Islamic Responses
... economic rights, were consigned to an inferior status within Muslim society, and subject to special taxes and obligations. Unlike the dhimmis, who are tolerated minority communities, citizens of non-Muslim societies are seen as harbi, people living in a war zone, and therefore subject to conquest. ...
... economic rights, were consigned to an inferior status within Muslim society, and subject to special taxes and obligations. Unlike the dhimmis, who are tolerated minority communities, citizens of non-Muslim societies are seen as harbi, people living in a war zone, and therefore subject to conquest. ...
a study of selected islamic internet sites in east
... can be transcended. Opposition voices creating websites outside the direct influence of governments have propagated their perspectives through channels that are difficult to censor or block (Bunt 2003:11). The paper examines four selected Islamic Internet sites whose content is oriented for East Afr ...
... can be transcended. Opposition voices creating websites outside the direct influence of governments have propagated their perspectives through channels that are difficult to censor or block (Bunt 2003:11). The paper examines four selected Islamic Internet sites whose content is oriented for East Afr ...
The Historical Influence of Classical Islam on Western Humanistic
... “dictare” the technical meaning of which is “to write what is said.” The ars dictaminis evolved into meaning much more, to include the art of composition, private epistolary correspondence, and the technical rules for the composition and compilation of official legal documents. “Dictamen was a promi ...
... “dictare” the technical meaning of which is “to write what is said.” The ars dictaminis evolved into meaning much more, to include the art of composition, private epistolary correspondence, and the technical rules for the composition and compilation of official legal documents. “Dictamen was a promi ...
The University of New England Law Journal
... Some historians explain that in the absence of war, progress and civilization would have been hindered in some nations. For example, Hegel argued that change can only take place when there are opposing forces which struggle against one another so that a new product, stronger than the rest, rises fro ...
... Some historians explain that in the absence of war, progress and civilization would have been hindered in some nations. For example, Hegel argued that change can only take place when there are opposing forces which struggle against one another so that a new product, stronger than the rest, rises fro ...
Book Review - izutsu - Bengal Muslim Research Institute
... in, what kind of attitude he should take towards God, and how he should act according to the dictates of his belief. Or again, we may set to work picking up more or less systematically various teachings and opinions on morals contained in the Qur’an, put them in order, and write a book called ‘The E ...
... in, what kind of attitude he should take towards God, and how he should act according to the dictates of his belief. Or again, we may set to work picking up more or less systematically various teachings and opinions on morals contained in the Qur’an, put them in order, and write a book called ‘The E ...
Radicalisation and Counter Radicalisation: Causes and Policies
... is a compulsory obligation to defend Muslim communities under attack. This is a concept that is not exclusively embraced by radical Muslims; in fact modernist Muslim scholars such as Sayyid Ahmed Khan accept the obligation of offensive jihad whilst believing Islam and the Western world could co-exis ...
... is a compulsory obligation to defend Muslim communities under attack. This is a concept that is not exclusively embraced by radical Muslims; in fact modernist Muslim scholars such as Sayyid Ahmed Khan accept the obligation of offensive jihad whilst believing Islam and the Western world could co-exis ...
86713_1 - Griffith Research Online
... earth and preserve the order of peaceful coexistence therein; to ensure the earth’s ongoing well-being and usefulness through the piety of those who have been placed there as God’s vicegerents; to ensure that people conduct themselves justly, with moral probity and with integrity in thought and acti ...
... earth and preserve the order of peaceful coexistence therein; to ensure the earth’s ongoing well-being and usefulness through the piety of those who have been placed there as God’s vicegerents; to ensure that people conduct themselves justly, with moral probity and with integrity in thought and acti ...
8Islam to the Mamluks
... Quran, the Hadith, traditions of Muhammad used to illustrate a concept, and the Sunna, the teachings of the Prophet not found in the Quran, helped guide and inform Muslims on proper behavior. And with that knowledge came great responsibility, as God held His people to a high standard of behavior, ba ...
... Quran, the Hadith, traditions of Muhammad used to illustrate a concept, and the Sunna, the teachings of the Prophet not found in the Quran, helped guide and inform Muslims on proper behavior. And with that knowledge came great responsibility, as God held His people to a high standard of behavior, ba ...
appreciation of syari`ah principles in property management in
... owner of his or her property. A Muslim must only spend his or her property in the ways that Allah enjoins since wealth given to him is a trust. A trustee must administer the property as instructed by his principal. No deviation is allowed. Principally, a Muslim should spend his property for the main ...
... owner of his or her property. A Muslim must only spend his or her property in the ways that Allah enjoins since wealth given to him is a trust. A trustee must administer the property as instructed by his principal. No deviation is allowed. Principally, a Muslim should spend his property for the main ...
resources of the muslim world: a refflection on
... hegemony during colonialism by alien powers. Ignorance: Islam considers the acquisition of knowledge as the fundamental duty of every Muslim.19 But the recent scenario presents a very sad picture of the Muslim world regarding literacy rate and attainment of knowledge. Islam seems to have been limite ...
... hegemony during colonialism by alien powers. Ignorance: Islam considers the acquisition of knowledge as the fundamental duty of every Muslim.19 But the recent scenario presents a very sad picture of the Muslim world regarding literacy rate and attainment of knowledge. Islam seems to have been limite ...
Religious Militancy in Islamic Perspective
... the offering of five times prayers has been made compulsory on each adult men and women so that they may be controlled from doing sins by this spiritual practice. Similar is the case with other obligatory offerings like Fasting, Hajj, Zakat and Zikr.9 If a person does not take sense of control with ...
... the offering of five times prayers has been made compulsory on each adult men and women so that they may be controlled from doing sins by this spiritual practice. Similar is the case with other obligatory offerings like Fasting, Hajj, Zakat and Zikr.9 If a person does not take sense of control with ...
Islam in Indonesia - Bakke Graduate University
... In Indonesia in the 1920s, amid strong nationalist stirrings, a division between selfproclaimed ‘reformists and modernists’ and so-called ‘traditionalists’ came to the fore over issues of the caliphate and of the conquest of Mecca by the Wahabi 5 . The traditionalists whose links were to the learne ...
... In Indonesia in the 1920s, amid strong nationalist stirrings, a division between selfproclaimed ‘reformists and modernists’ and so-called ‘traditionalists’ came to the fore over issues of the caliphate and of the conquest of Mecca by the Wahabi 5 . The traditionalists whose links were to the learne ...
Religio-Political Rhetoric in Medieval Islamic Spain
... Islamic Civilization. Although most of Spain had been under Muslim control for over two hundred years, it is only with the establishment of the second Umayyad Caliphate in the tenth century and its claims to be the rightful successor to the Prophet that we find Muslim Spanish historians interested i ...
... Islamic Civilization. Although most of Spain had been under Muslim control for over two hundred years, it is only with the establishment of the second Umayyad Caliphate in the tenth century and its claims to be the rightful successor to the Prophet that we find Muslim Spanish historians interested i ...
Islamic Philosophy and the Challenge of Post Modernism: A
... given the chance to contribute, but the philosophers and experts of material sciences be given a chance to contribute in Ijtihad. 4. The institution of Family system is the basis of the social order in Muslim society. Muslims should not lose it at any cost. 5. Muslims should relate their philosophie ...
... given the chance to contribute, but the philosophers and experts of material sciences be given a chance to contribute in Ijtihad. 4. The institution of Family system is the basis of the social order in Muslim society. Muslims should not lose it at any cost. 5. Muslims should relate their philosophie ...
Qur`an is the Primary Manual of Islamic Suicide
... forbade suicide killing for Muslims, or killing people. Truly, these verses (4:29-30) above only talking about self-destruction (suicide) for no real purpose other than self depression or pains which sometimes human prefers to end his life in order to get relief from pains. This kind of selfkilling ...
... forbade suicide killing for Muslims, or killing people. Truly, these verses (4:29-30) above only talking about self-destruction (suicide) for no real purpose other than self depression or pains which sometimes human prefers to end his life in order to get relief from pains. This kind of selfkilling ...
Intellectual Interaction and Malaysian Dakwah Activism. Dr. Amini
... Redzuan Othman, 1994: 100). In fact, during the first quarter of the 20th century, the contributing factors why Malay students decided to study at al-Azhar University rather than at Makkah were: the boom in rubber prices, the Al-Azhar educational system was better adapted to the teaching method used ...
... Redzuan Othman, 1994: 100). In fact, during the first quarter of the 20th century, the contributing factors why Malay students decided to study at al-Azhar University rather than at Makkah were: the boom in rubber prices, the Al-Azhar educational system was better adapted to the teaching method used ...
Islamic Studies, Orientalists And Muslim Scholars
... Salman Hasani rendered it into Urdu which was published by the Academy of Isl amic Research and Publicat ions after the writer had g one through it. Now its ...
... Salman Hasani rendered it into Urdu which was published by the Academy of Isl amic Research and Publicat ions after the writer had g one through it. Now its ...
14. The Expansive Realm of Islam
... Islamic Law: The Sharia • Codification of Islamic law • Based on Quran, hadith, logical schools of analysis • Extends beyond ritual law to all areas of human activity ...
... Islamic Law: The Sharia • Codification of Islamic law • Based on Quran, hadith, logical schools of analysis • Extends beyond ritual law to all areas of human activity ...
The Five Pillars of Islam
... it to the person, made a portion of it for the poor, so the poor have a right over one’s wealth. Zakat reminds Muslims that everything they have belongs to God. People are given their wealth as a trust from God, and zakat is intended to free Muslims from the love of money. The money paid in zakat is ...
... it to the person, made a portion of it for the poor, so the poor have a right over one’s wealth. Zakat reminds Muslims that everything they have belongs to God. People are given their wealth as a trust from God, and zakat is intended to free Muslims from the love of money. The money paid in zakat is ...