Ali S. Harfouch is a Beirut-based analyst and critic with an interest in geopolitics and Islamic thought. He completed his Master of Arts degree in Political Studies at the American University of Beirut. His twitter handle is @asharfouch
In 1960 Tunisia’s secularist president Bourguiba asked the esteemed scholar Ibn ʿĀshūr to issue a fatwa to abandon fasting for its impact on the economy. Ibn ʿĀshūr went on public radio and responded…