Tag: TUNISIA
Is the Arab Spring Dead or Alive? | Unscripted #73
In this week's Unscripted podcast we are joined by two special guests with a deep understanding of the topic: Jalal Ouerghi, a leader of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda Party; and Anas Altikriti, founder…
Fasting: a Revolt Against the Modern Condition
In 1960 Tunisia's secularist president Bourguiba asked the esteemed scholar Ibn Ê¿Ä€shÅ«r to issue a fatwa to abandon fasting for its impact on the economy. Ibn Ê¿Ä€shÅ«r went on public radio and…
Tunisia, Reformation and the Reverse-Engineering of the Sharīʿah
Reverse-engineering of Islamic rulings takes place when certain legal principles, Islamic ideas and scholarly statements are cherry-picked and elevated to act as sources of Shariah...