Hundreds of thousands of inmates in the United States have found a sense of community and solace in Islam, with Muslims now making up about 10 to 15 percent of all American prisoners...
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This book puts forward a reinterpretation of early Islam as a movement strongly inflected with values of peacemaking that was reacting against the slaughter of the decades-long war and...
Read More »European Largest Mosque Inaugurated in Chechen Republic
The largest mosque in Europe was inaugurated in the Chechen Republic on Friday during an event that was attended by numerous representatives of heads of...
Read More »Call for Papers: Islam and/or Tradition? Traditional Islam and Islamic Traditions in the Eastern Europe
The newly established peer-reviewed academic journal “Modern Islamic Studies” (published by The Center for Islamic Studies of the National University of Ostroh Academy, Ostroh, Ukraine) announced collection of papers for the first issue “Islam and/or Tradition? Traditional Islam and...
Read More »Traditional Muslim Family Law and the Compatibility of the Proposed Muslim Marriage Legislation with Shari’ah
The South African Law Reform Commission compiled a draft Bill on Muslim Marriages in 2003. Similar to the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998 with regard to customary marriages, the draft Bill proposes recognition of all Muslim marriages irrespective of...
Read More »The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists
In The Great Theft, Khaled Abou El Fadl, one of the world's preeminent Islamic scholars, argues that Islam is currently passing through a transformative period no less dramatic than the movements that swept through Europe during the...
Read More »Call for Papers: The Qurʻan in its Milieu of Origin, Possibilities of the Historical Reconstruction of the Qurʻanic Revelation
International Conference on “The Qur’an in its Milieu of Origin. Possibilities of the Historical Reconstruction of the Qur’anic Revelation” will be held on November 2019, in...
Read More »What Are the Legal Obligations of a Wife towards Her Husband?
The sustainability, continuity and stability of a marital life depend on love, understanding and respect for mutual rights. In order for the family, which is small social unit, to be solidified and strengthened, the religion of...
Read More »David Wood Gets Uncomfortable when Asked was Jesus all Knowing?
David Wood gets uncomfortable when asked if Jesus is god why he had not known about the hour and the day?...
Read More »NHA Launches ‘Tahfidh’ App to Provide Resources for Quran Learners
The National Huffadh Association of UK has launched an app called ‘Tahfidh’ to help you memories the Quran...
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