A review of this important contribution to European Islamic theological reflection
“One Thousand Roads to Mecca: Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage” (collected and edited by Michael Wolfe) is a treasure trove: the chronicles...
In 2007, at the brash, naive, and frankly moronic age of 16, I penned a scathing review of Mohja Kahf’s novel “The Girl in the Tangerine...
In the second decade of the 21st century in America, Muslims consider themselves “as American as apple pie,” don American-flag hijabs, and consider their presence and...
The history of Black Muslims seems to be trapped between Bilal and Malcolm X. While these are particularly bright supernovas in the pantheon of giants from...
On the surface, there is little to connect the two books, but if you look past the exterior – what we may realise is that the...
There are many journeys that made history. Think Musa crossing the Red Sea, Hannibal crossing the Alps or Caesar crossing the Rubicon. But there’s one journey...
If you’re over the age of 20, then chances are that you already have a healthy cynicism for the attention span of people younger than you....
“Can you tell me a good book to read on Islamic history?” This is a question that I get asked time and time again. I can’t...
By Umm Idris Every so often, a book comes along that forces us to radically re-think our basic assumptions. Wilkinson and Pickett’s The Spirit Level, a...
