Articles by Category: Shariah, Fiqh, Islamic Law
Interview with the Muslim Reform Thinker Amina Wadud: “The Koran Cannot Be Usurped”
Martina Sabra
Keywords:Interview With Ziba Mir Hosseini: Understanding Islamic Feminism
Yoginder Sikand
Keywords:Intra-Muslim Dialogue: How To Combat the Menace of Sectarianism
Maulana Waris Mazhari (tr. Yoginder Sikand)
Keywords:Is Killing An Apostate in the Islamic Law?
Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed
Keywords:Islam and Experiments on Animals *
al-Hafiz B.Z. Masri
Islam and Freedom of Thought
Akbar Ahmed and Lawrence Rosen
Keywords:Islam and Honor Killings
Imam Zaid Shakir
Islam and Religious Freedom
Asghar Ali Engineer
Keywords:Islam still has room for thought
Nazry Bahrawi
Islam, Muslims and Extremism
Maulana Waris Mazhari (tr. Yoginder Sikand)
Keywords:Islam: A Sacred Law (Feisal Abdul Rauf)
Islam: Moderation Versus Extremism
Maulana Waris Mazhari (tr. Yoginder Sikand)
Keywords:Islam: Religion or Ideology?
By Imam Zaid Shakir
Keywords:Islam: the state or civilisation?
Asghar Ali Engineer
Keywords:Islam’s Forsaken Renaissance
Mahathir bin Mohamad
Islamic Constitutional Law versus Secular Absolutism
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Keywords:Islamic Economics: Sad Delusion or a New Paradigm for the Global Future
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Islamic Jurisprudence, ‘Civil’ Disobedience, and Woman-led Prayer
Laury Silvers
Islamic Jurisprudence: The Role of Context as a Double-Edged Sword
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Keywords:Islamic Law: A Thematic Primer on Human Rights
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Keywords:Islamic Politics, Muslim Militancy and ‘Jihadist’ Movements
Maulana Waris Mazhari (tr. Yoginder Sikand)
Islamic Sharia and Jewish Halakha Arbitration Courts - updated 5/26/12
Sheila Musaji
Keywords:Islamic Shariah in the Western World
Asghar Ali Engineer
Islamist Movements and the Political Challenge: An Alternate Perspective
Yoginder Sikand
ISNA Calls on the Iranian Government to Release Journalists and Human Rights Activists
Keywords:Jews in the Qur’an: An Introduction
Aisha Y. Musa, Ph.D.
Jurisprudence: The Ultimate Arena for Existential Clash or Cooperation Within and Among Civilization
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Justifying child abuse in the name of Shariah
A. Faizur Rahman
Keywords:Khutbah Outline: Muslim Community and the American Political Process
Parvez Ahmed
Keywords:Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam (Yusuf Al-Qaradawi)
Let there be no compulsion in religion
Javeed Akhter
Keywords:Liberals and Takfir, Marc Lynch
http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2005/11/liberals_and_ta_1.html
Majlis, South Africa - What’s Wrong With This Picture? *
Sheila Musaji
Keywords:Malaysia, Allah, and God, Part II
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Keywords:Maqasid al Shari’ah: A Strategy to Rehabilitate Religion in America
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan rips through traditional views about women in Islam
Yoginder Sikand
Keywords:Message from ISNA president on the Haitian Earthquake
Dr. Ingrid Mattson
Keywords:Modesty and Niqab in America: Ahkam vs Maqasid, Ethics vs Law
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Mohamed Khatami Declares WMD’s Illegal
http://www.islamonline.net/English/Science/2005/03/article08.shtml
Keywords:Mohamed Talbi: “Religious Dogmas Terrorize the Spirit”
Rachid Boutayeb
Keywords:Moon Sighting Statement - Ramadan 2005
Islamic Society of North America
Moratorium on Death Penalty
Tariq Ramadan
Keywords:Muslim and Non-Muslim Relations, Dr. Jamal Badawi
http://islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2005/04/Article01.shtml
Keywords:MUSLIM VOICES AGAINST TERRORISM
Collected by Sheila Musaji
Keywords:Muslimah Writers Alliance Welcomes Saudi Reversal in Al-Timani Forced Divorce Case
Aishah Schwartz, Director MWA
Keywords:Muslims In A Hostile World
Khaled M Abdel-Hamid
Keywords:Muslims uphold the Freedom of Faith and the Freedom to Change one’s Faith
Keywords:MWA Call to Action in Support of Saudi Guardianship Reform & Release of Nathalie Morin - update 6/28
Keywords:My Perpetual Condemnation
Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa
Keywords:No need for theology to call a crime by its name
Abdou Filali-Ansary
Non-Muslims and Jizyah
Maulana Waris Mazhari (tr. Yoginder Sikand), mae
Keywords:NYT’s Luttwak Does Not Speak for a Billion Muslims
Ahmed Rehab
On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam (Sherman A. Jackson)
On the Terms Kafir and Kufr
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (tr. Yoginder Sikand)
On the Theory of Abrogation (Naskh) in the Qur’an
Jeffrey Lang
Keywords:Philosopher Jawdat Said’s View of Islam as a Violence-Free Religion
Bashar Humeid
Keywords:Polygamy and the Qur’an
Asghar Ali Engineer
Prophet Muhammad’s Charter to the Monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery
Keywords:Punishing the Body or the Person? Why Some Cannot Accept Physical Punishments
Farish A. Noor
Qur’an, Hadith and Women
Asghar Ali Engineer
Qur’an: Reason, Authority, and the Text
Louay Safi
Radical Reform : Ethics and Liberation Two Excerpts from Tariq Ramadan’s Forthcoming Book
Tariq Ramadan
Re-examining primary and secondary sources of Shariah
Farzana Hassan-Shahid
Re-Thinking Islam’s Hudood Laws
Asghar Ali Engineer
Keywords:Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam (Abdolkarim Soroush) - Reforming Religious Knowledge
Asma Barlas
Keywords:Reconstruction of Religious Thouht in Islam (Muhammad Iqbal)
Reformation in Islamic Law
Liyakatali Nathani Takim
Religion and Society - a Note On Dialectical Relationship
Asghar Ali Engineer
Religion As I View It
Asghar Ali Engineer
Religious Council of Afghanistan Fatwa Against Terrorism
http://agonist.org/story/2005/5/28/114447/810
Keywords:Response to Stephen Schwartz’ article Scientific Training and Radical Islam
Abdul Cader Asmal MD PhD FRCP
Reviving a Tradition: Muslim Women as Religious Authorities
Yoginder Sikand
Riba and Interest: Definitions and Implications
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D.
Right to Die?: Muslim Views About End of Life Decisions
Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina
Sahih al Bukhari, English Translation - 9 vol.
Saudi Grand Mufti Fatwa Against Terrorism
http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=214
Keywords:Sh. Yusuf al Qaradawi Condemns Attacks on Places of Worship
http://www.islamfortoday.com/qaradawi02.htm
Keywords:Shari’ah Compliance in America: Strategies for Common Ground
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Keywords:Shari’ah Thought: Guidelines and Qualifications for Knowledge
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Keywords:Sharia and Fiqh: Understanding Ijtihad *
Abu Munir Winkel
Sharia, Fatwas and Women’s Rights
Asghar Ali Engineer
Keywords:SHARIAH - FIQH - ISLAMIC LAW - ETHICAL & MORAL ISSUES - article collection
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Shariah and Contemporary Issues *
Dr. Adbul Basit
Shariah and Religious Absolutism
Farzana Hassan
SHARIAH: Are Opponents of Shariah Anti-Islam?
Farzana Hassan-Shahid
SHARIAH: Are Sharia Laws and Human Rights Compatible?
Emran Qureshi and Heba Raouf Ezzat
SHARIAH: Legacy of the Prophet: The Role of Human Rights in Islamic Law
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Shariah: The Islamic Law (Abdur Rahman Doi)
So Is Islam Hadari To Be Enforced By Whipping Now?
Farish A. Noor
Spanish Fatwa Against Terrorism
3-26-2005, Updated 4-19-2005
Keywords:Spiritual Guidance versus Positivist Law: A Reply to Amina Wadud
Dr. Robert D. Crane
Keywords:SPIRITUALITY COLLOQUIUM: The Nature of Evil
Statement Of American Muslim Imams And Community Leaders On Holocaust Denial & anti-Semitism
Statement of the International Islamic Conference - Eight Schools of Islamic Law
Keywords:Statement on Malaysian Church Bombings
Anwar Ibrahim
Keywords:Sudan: What Would Muhammad Do? - Part 2
Ibrahim Hooper
Taqlid: Blind Adherence or Rational Acceptance?
Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina
Taqlidi versus Ijtihadi Approaches in Islamic Studies
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (Translated by Yoginder Sikand)
Tariq Ramadan on meaning of Dar al Islam, Dar al Harb, etc.
Tear Down These Walls
Muneeb Nasir