The Importance of Distinguishing Faith from Reason and Evidence
In an article on The Foundations of Belief in the Qur’an, I pointed out that “the Qur’an makes it clear that belief […]
Read moreIn an article on The Foundations of Belief in the Qur’an, I pointed out that “the Qur’an makes it clear that belief […]
Read moreReligious differences are as old as religion. There is no religion whose history is not rife with bitter disputes between its denominations. […]
Read moreAs the unchanged and unerring Word of God, the Qur’an has naturally been considered by Muslims as containing miracles. Many scientific claims […]
Read moreEinstein’s 1905 special theory of relativity presumes that the speed of light in vacuum, which is denoted by the letter “c,” is […]
Read moreGeorge Galloway is back in town, having won the Bradford West byelection by a majority of over 10,000. And that is not […]
Read moreA London journalist wrote that “the British press is extremely centralized, and most of it is owned by wealthy men who have […]
Read moreI recently gave a seminar on Islamic Ethics at Keele University as part of an undergraduate course on Religious Ethics organized for […]
Read moreWilliam Hague now warns that Iran’s nuclear program could lead to a new cold war. And so a farce continues to replace […]
Read moreI welcome Baroness Warsi’s remarks that “militant secularisation” is threatening religious freedom in Britain and Europe. Fanaticism is often associated with religious […]
Read moreThe world has rightly been outraged by the crimes that the Syrian regime has been committing against its people. It is also […]
Read moreOn Tuesday 31st/January/2012, I gave a seminar to a group of postgraduate students at the Department of Theology and Religion at the […]
Read moreThis article is adapted from The Mystery of the Crucifixion: The Attempt to Kill Jesus in the Qur’an, the New Testament, and […]
Read moreIn Islamic sciences, the term “fiqh” has developed the strictly legal meaning of “studying Shari’a or ‘Islamic law’,” which I briefly explained […]
Read moreI will briefly explain three fundamental concepts of Islamic law that are at times confused with each other. These are “Shari‘a,” “Fiqh,” […]
Read moreThe term “sunna” occurs fourteen times in nine Qur’anic verses. It is used in four verses in the expression “sunnat al-awwalin” or […]
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