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Interview with the Muslim Reform Thinker Amina Wadud: “The Koran Cannot Be Usurped”

Martina Sabra

interview

Interview With Ziba Mir Hosseini: Understanding Islamic Feminism

Yoginder Sikand

Muslim women, gender, Sharia, ijtihad

Intra-Muslim Dialogue: How To Combat the Menace of Sectarianism

Maulana Waris Mazhari (tr. Yoginder Sikand)

sharia, ijtihad, fiqh, Sunni Shia, mae

Is Killing An Apostate in the Islamic Law?

Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed

apostasy, MAE, response, religious freedom

Islam and Experiments on Animals *

al-Hafiz B.Z. Masri

Islam and Freedom of Thought

Akbar Ahmed and Lawrence Rosen

apostasy

Islam and Honor Killings

Imam Zaid Shakir

Islam and Religious Freedom

Asghar Ali Engineer

apostasy

Islam still has room for thought

Nazry Bahrawi

Islam’s Forsaken Renaissance

Mahathir bin Mohamad

Islam, Muslims and Extremism

Maulana Waris Mazhari (tr. Yoginder Sikand)

mae, jihad, lunatic fringe

Islam: A Sacred Law (Feisal Abdul Rauf)

Islam: Moderation Versus Extremism

Maulana Waris Mazhari (tr. Yoginder Sikand)

India, Pakistan, ijtihad, sharia, extremism

Islam: Religion or Ideology?

By Imam Zaid Shakir

mae, moderates

Islam: the state or civilisation?

Asghar Ali Engineer

sharia, ijtihad, sufism

Islamic Constitutional Law versus Secular Absolutism

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Shariah

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

Sharia

Islamic Law: A Thematic Primer on Human Rights

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Sharia, fiqh

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

Robert Spencer, Jihad Watch, Sean Hannity, Canon Law, interfaith, Cordoba House, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Islamophobia, anti-Muslim, anti-Islam, ground zero mosque, Frank Gaffney, Team BII, Center for Security Policy, Peter King, Allen West, Louie Gohmert, anti-Sharia, Oklahoma Sharia ban, halal and kosher, Pamela Geller, Sharia article collection, Tennessee, Oklahoma, David Yerushalmi, SANE, article collection, Raymond Davis, CIA contractor, circumcision ban, ADL defends Muslims, Abraham Foxman

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

mae

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

mae, responses, Saudi Arabia

Khutbah Outline: Muslim Community and the American Political Process

Parvez Ahmed

election, voting

Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam (Yusuf Al-Qaradawi)

Let there be no compulsion in religion

Javeed Akhter

mae, apostasy, religious freedom, freedom of faith

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

Muslim lunatic fringe, stupid fatwas

Malaysia, Allah, and God, Part II

Dr. Robert D. Crane

extremists, mae, interfaith, Muslims and Christians

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

interview

Message from ISNA president on the Haitian Earthquake

Dr. Ingrid Mattson

Pat Robertson, interfaith, mae, charity, injustice ignored

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

(MAE)

Mohamed Talbi: “Religious Dogmas Terrorize the Spirit”

Rachid Boutayeb

Tunisia

Moon Sighting Statement - Ramadan 2005

Islamic Society of North America

Moratorium on Death Penalty

Tariq Ramadan

apostasy, hudood, (MAE), religious freedom

Muslim and Non-Muslim Relations, Dr. Jamal Badawi

http://islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2005/04/Article01.shtml

dialogue, response

MUSLIM VOICES AGAINST TERRORISM

Collected by Sheila Musaji

non-violence, (MAE)

Muslimah Writers Alliance Welcomes Saudi Reversal in Al-Timani Forced Divorce Case

Aishah Schwartz, Director MWA

Saudi Arabia, gender issues, mae, lunatic fringe, salafi, wahhabi

Muslims In A Hostile World

Khaled M Abdel-Hamid

mae

Muslims uphold the Freedom of Faith and the Freedom to Change one’s Faith

Apostasy

MWA Call to Action in Support of Saudi Guardianship Reform & Release of Nathalie Morin - update 6/28

human rights, Aishah Schwartz, shariah, domestic abuse, gender, injustice, lunatic fringe, salafi, wahhabi

My Perpetual Condemnation

Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa

mae, Muslim terrorists, Muslim voices, Muslim extremists, lunatic fringe

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

Sharia

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

response

Philosopher Jawdat Said’s View of Islam as a Violence-Free Religion

Bashar Humeid

MAE

Polygamy and the Qur’an

Asghar Ali Engineer

Prophet Muhammad’s Charter to the Monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery

dialogue, (MAE)

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

(MAE)

Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam (Abdolkarim Soroush) - Reforming Religious Knowledge

Asma Barlas

book review, ijtihad

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

(MAE)

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

(MAE)

Sh. Yusuf al Qaradawi Condemns Attacks on Places of Worship

http://www.islamfortoday.com/qaradawi02.htm

(MAE)

Shari’ah Compliance in America: Strategies for Common Ground

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Tariq Ramadan, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Cordoba House, Park51, ijtihad

Shari’ah Thought: Guidelines and Qualifications for Knowledge

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Ibn Khaldun, Cordoba House, interfaith, Common Word, Islamophobia, constitution, fiqh, Qur’an 4:34, Banu Qurayza, Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Hisham, sirah, Battle of the trench

Sharia and Fiqh: Understanding Ijtihad *

Abu Munir Winkel

Sharia, Fatwas and Women’s Rights

Asghar Ali Engineer

Darul Uloom, Deoband, responses, stupid fatwas

SHARIAH - FIQH - ISLAMIC LAW - ETHICAL & MORAL ISSUES - article collection

topic

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

(MAE)

Spiritual Guidance versus Positivist Law: A Reply to Amina Wadud

Dr. Robert D. Crane

fiqh

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

shia, fatwa, Amman

Statement on Malaysian Church Bombings

Anwar Ibrahim

extremism, mae

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

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In the name of God,The Compassionate, The Merciful

Oh mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (Not that you may despise each other). 49;13

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