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...
The 2009 46th Annual ISNA Convention’s theme was entitled “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Taking on the theme in an Islamically academic manner, Shaykh...