A review of this important contribution to European Islamic theological reflection
By Gulnaz Uighur There are several reasons of why people settle in other countries, sometimes its due to job opportunities, other times due to better standard...
“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...
Charles de Gaulle, the French President who led his country against Nazi Germany once famously said,”Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism,...
Just a few weeks ago, the Highest Court of the European Union ruled that member states can ban halal and kosher animal slaughtering; or allow it...
“[W]hen I barely knew how to speak Wolof, my mother tongue, I had been enrolled in a school to learn Arabic and the Qur’an. As it...
As tense and agonizing as these unending election days have been, it pales in comparison to the last four years. I plainly remember how it all...
The following excerpt is part of the introduction of a longer article that I am writing. I felt it merited being a separate article as well...
Life is Life. It is a battle against the sensory and base impulses that are within us all, manifesting at moments of trial, seeking to strip...
At one point of time, there used to be a mosque in Ayodhya. It stood tall and lofty for 470 long years, until a mob of...