Tag: LIBERALISM
French anti-Muslim sentiment stripped bare with abaya ban
A key example of the dangers of liberal and secular thinking: forcing women to reduce their modesty and arguing that it is empowering.
Islam is a patriarchal religion
Is it wrong to say Islam is a patriarchal religion? Widad Mezahi leads the call to embrace this somewhat controversial description.
Muslim-majority Indonesia criminalises extramarital sex and cohabitation
It is welcome news that extramarital sex and cohabitation are now illegal in Indonesia, which is home to 231 million Muslims.
The White Tears for Afghanistan’s Women
Afghan women are not passive entities that need rescuing by White liberals, writes Zimarina Sarwar…
The Stupidity of ‘Rewriting’ the Quran
Attacks against the Quran only ever backfire
Saudi Jeddah Fest: The Desperate Face of Liberalism
"Those seeking to 'liberalise' the country have become neither stately custodians of Islām, nor paraders of the political systems of Liberalism. They sway between the two and belong to neither."
Fasting: a Revolt Against the Modern Condition
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…
You were being manipulated long before Cambridge Analytica came along
If you are anything like me then you will have been a bit sceptical of the scale—and ostentatiousness—of some of the outrage following the Cambridge Analytica scandal this week
Is Your Islam Shaped by Others?
We are today exposed to many types of thought and ideologies such as secularism, liberalism, atheism and humanism—how does this affect us?
“Reforming” Islam to suit popular culture is a bad idea
"As a former practising Christian, I saw first hand the effect of reforming wisdom and morality to suit the whims and desires of some powerful people..."