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The Ablution (Primary Source)
Syrian writer Hani al-Rahib (1939–2000) described the novel as “an immunization against madness,” and throughout his career he used the art of fiction to ...
By: Hani al-Rahib
Abu al-Atahiyah (c. 820) (Primary Source)
The poet Abu al-Atahiyah (d. 828) earned the name “Father of Craziness” by breaking with traditional poetic forms in order to espouse a simpler ...
By: Abu al-Atahiyah
Accountability, Parliament, and Ijtihad (Primary Source)
Pakistan was created in 1947 as a Muslim homeland for South Asians, but its founders disagreed whether the new nation should be organized democratically ...
By: S. M. Zafar
Adam’s Progeny (Primary Source)
Khalida Hussain (b. 1938) solidified her place among the leaders of Urdu modernist literature in the 1960s, when she wrote under her maiden name, ...
By: Khalida Hussain
Adaptation of Islamic Jurisprudence to Modern Social Needs (Primary Source)
An LL.B. and Docteur en Droit (University of Lyons), he has served as magistrate, president of the Appeals Court (1944–46), member of Parliament, and ...
By: Subhī Mahmasānī
Advice (Primary Source)
Shaykh al-Amin bin ‘Ali Mazrui (Kenya, 1890–1947) was the scion of a long line of religious scholars from the large Mazrui clan, which had ...
By: Shaykh al-Amin bin ‘Ali al-Mazrui
Afghanistan, The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of (2004) (Primary Source)
Various provisions in the Constitution of Afghanistan, which was adopted by the Afghan Loya Jirga in 2004, clearly highlight the salient role that it ...
al-Biruni On Hinduism (1030) (Primary Source)
Among the most well-read and well-traveled Muslim scholars of his time was Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad, known as al-Biruni (The Outsider). Born in ...
By: al-Biruni
al-Ḥillī on the Imamate (c. 1300) (Primary Source)
ʿAllāmah ibnal-Muahhar Ḥillī (1250–1325) grew up during the occupation of Baghdad by Mongol forces. While this period witnessed incredible violence, it also opened up ...
By: ʿAllāmah ibnal-Muṭahhar Ḥillī
Alawi-Ismaili Confrontation in Qadmous—What Does it Mean? (2005) (Primary Source)
Among the nations affected by the uprisings and revolutions known as the Arab Spring, Syria is unique because of its diverse population, whose members ...
By: Landis Joshua
Albania, The Constitution of (1998) (Primary Source)
The 1998 Constitution of Albania makes clear that the government should be secularist in orientation. While the preambulary clause on the “spirit of tolerance ...
And Seek Their Counsel in the Matter [Qur'an, Sura 3, Verse 159] (Primary Source)
Nam îk Kemal (Turkey, 1840–1888) was a leading advocate of constitutionalism and a famous poet and playwright. He received little formal education and spent ...
By: Namîk Kemal
Anecdotes of the Wise (c. 1475) (Primary Source)
A consistent theme in the work of the mystic and poet Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414–1492) is that of a wise ruler, trained ...
By: Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami
Another Evening at the Club (Primary Source)
In order to circumvent her husband’s objections, Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) published her first short stories with the journal Al-Risala under a pseudonym in 1955. ...
By: Alifa Rifaat
Arab Charter on Human Rights (2004) (Primary Source)
The first version of the Arab Charter on Human Rights was adopted by the Arab League in 1994 amidst much controversy. After mounting criticism ...
The Arab Personality Between Past and Present (Primary Source)
After obtaining a licentiate in history at the Sorbonne, he taught in Damascus. In 1940 he joined with Salāh al-Dīn Bitār to form the ...
By: Michel Aflāq
The Arab World and the Muslims Faced with Their Contradictions (Primary Source)
Swiss-born professor of Islamic studies and philosophy, Muslim leader and activist, he taught at Fribourg University in Switzerland and at the University of Notre ...
By: Ramadan Tariq
Asian Dawn (Primary Source)
Hadji Agus Salim (Sumatra-Java, 1884–1954) was a Muslim political activist, journalist, and intellectual. He was born in a state functionary's family, attended Dutch colonial ...
By: Hadji Agus Salim
Back to the Qur'an (Primary Source)
Muhammad Akram Khan (Bengal-Pakistan, 1868–1968) was a controversial reformer and journalist. Born near Calcutta, Khan began his higher education at an English-medium school, then ...
By: Muhammad Akram Khan
Basic Principles of the Ḥisba (c. 1300) (Primary Source)
The literal interpretation of the Qurʾan by Taqī al-Dīn Aḥmad Ibn Taymīyah (1263–1328) allowed no room for esoteric Sufism or other expressions of faith ...
By: Taqī al-Dīn Aḥmad Ibn Taymīyah
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