Lecture by Ismail Kamdar | Transcribed by Zara T. [The following is the video and transcript of Ismail Kamdar’s lecture “Tolerance in Fiqh Issues” The transcript includes slight modifications for...
The following is a paper presented to the AMJA Conference on The Halal and Haram in Food and Medicine (Los Angeles, California, March 2-4, 2012). Note...
Cross-posted from: http://www.momentmag.com/moment/issues/2012/02/Breger.html by Prof. Marshall Breger Similarities between Judaism and Islam are easy to see. Both are monotheistic religions for whom the Lord is One....
Today Libya announced its liberty: Liberty from oppression, liberty from the despot Gaddafi. Yet, based on the reaction from some quarters to a few lines in...
NOTE: This was published in The Commercial Appeal, the largest newspaper of Memphis, TN. It is intended for a general American readership. Cross-posted with “Faith in...
This week, 34 well-regarded Mauritanian religious and national leaders signed a fatwa, or Islamic law, banning female genital mutilation (FGM). The fatwa is considered a huge...
When I wrote my last piece on female wet dreams, I received many requests to add a portion on vaginal discharge as well. However, since vaginal...
By John Foster, former editor, Islamic Business & Finance magazine The Islamic finance industry has often battled with the question: How Islamic is Islamic banking? The...
** THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED, PLEASE SEE BELOW ** Some time ago, I gave a series of lectures on Taharah (cleanliness) to the sisters in...
One of the thornier issues that conservative Muslims who live in liberal democracies face is the question of navigating a relationship between Shariah and the laws...