@EbrahimMoosa
- My comment in some proposed mosques face obstacles across the nation on.freep.com/Jq9IRy via @freep 1 day ago
- Doha at night looks impressive. Many more buildings and roads since I was here in 2007. So much change in 5 years? 2 days ago
- Arrived in Qatar in 32 degrees at night. Look forward to the scorcher in the morning 2 days ago
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Category Archives: Islam & Democracy
Duke Faculty ‘Live Tweet’ Obama’s State of the Union Speech | Duke Today
Duke Faculty ‘Live Tweet’ Obama’s State of the Union Speech | Duke Today.
Posted in Ethics, Foreign Policy, Islam & Democracy, US Politics
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Hizbullah’s part in Gaddafi’s downfall
Hizbullah’s part in Gaddafi’s downfall.
Extra-Judicial Executions of America’s Enemies
The Obama administration seems to have signed off on the execution of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen who fled to Yemen from where he mobilized terrorists in order to attack America. A few months ago, Osama bin Laden, arch-terrorist master-mind … Continue reading
TV interview on crisis in Egypt & Islam and Democracy
My interview with WRAL on the Egypt Crisis My interview at Duke University on Islam and Democracy
Duke Class: Muslims Traditions in Learning
Duke Students, want to know about Muslim institutions of learning such as mosque-universities, scholars who wrote books on law, theology, history and philosophy? Want to know more about what happens inside the madrasas of South Asia and what are their … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Foreign Policy, Islam & Democracy, Madrasas, Middle East, South Asia, US Politics
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Evangelical Islamophobia as American as Apple Pie | Politics | Religion Dispatches
Evangelical Islamophobia as American as Apple Pie | Politics | Religion Dispatches.
Posted in Ethics, Islam & Democracy, Islam in America
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Historicism, Reform and Revelation
Salam Professor Moosa, I would be grateful if you can answer some of my questions. As a freelance columnist I write on issues of human rights, democracy, secularism and liberalism. Many a times however even though I share the same … Continue reading
Sharia, Theology and Modernity
Reza Ismail wrote: “I would like to pose the following question to you Prof: In Islam’s encounter with modernity it is faced with a plethora of non-standard contexts onto which Shar`i positions need to be established. In one response approach, … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Islam & Democracy, Islamic Law/Ethics, Muslim Ethics
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Immanent Frame: Civil Religion and Beyond
(A blog post I wrote for the Immanent Frame) Robert Bellah’s idea of civil religion, captured in his now famous essay “Civil Religion in America,” can in a moment of naïveté not only be seductive, but could almost pass as … Continue reading
