History
The Odyssey reveals how civilisations die
Homer saw what modern societies have forgotten: when a people casts aside the law above its desires, the house begins to collapse from within.
When France almost went Islamic: ʿAbd-ar Raḥmān al-Ghafiqi
“Of the believers are men who are true to that which they covenanted with Allāh. Some of them have paid their vow by death (in battle)…” The recent tragic events in…
Doubt in Islamic Law – a history of avoiding punishment
Book Review - Doubt in Islamic Law: A History of Legal Maxims, Interpretation, and Islamic Criminal Law "Avoid imposing criminal sanctions in cases of doubt" - idra’u ‘l-hudud bi’l-shubahat - is the juristic maxim at…
The Right-Wing Press: Heirs to the Journalism of Ancient Quraish
Just this weekend, we have seen more than 20 articles, some of which are deserving of front page coverage by the right-wing press. These newspapers appear to have waged an orchestrated and…
Why would Muslims hate ‘the West’? A history of ‘Islamic Extremism’
I was recently invited to present at an international conference titled: “How to understand and Co-exist with Radical Islām.” After reading the concept paper, it was clear from the very first paragraph…
How the Qur’an led to the iPhone
The Modern World’s Debt to Islām Part 1: Out of Darkness Into Light Part 2: How the Justice of Islām Saved Jews and Christians Part 3: How the Qur'an led to the…
How the Justice of Islam Saved Jews & Christians
The Modern World’s Debt to Islām Part 1: Out of Darkness Into Light Part 2: How the Justice of Islām Saved Jews & Christians This series explores the astronomical impact that Islām…