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Can hardly wait to read new book "What is a Madrasa?" by @EbrahimMoosa – I don't know of any other book like it: http://t.co/N89iIWCQAg
— Dr. Ingrid Mattson (@IngridMattson) March 18, 2015
Prof Mattson is not only a great scholar but an extraordinary human being. Her enthusiasm and care …
Ebrahim Moosa suggests the Sunnis, the majority Muslim sect, need to rethink their history
“… I will say this even if they ostensibly defend their innocence in claiming that such moves to repeal the blasphemy laws was a ‘conspiracy conducted by the enemies of Islam’.” Mawlana Ammar Khan Nasir, editor of al-Sharia, Gujranwala, Pakistan
UPDATE
The new vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, Mawlana Ghulam Vastanvi enjoyed some reprieve, when the Trustees of the century old seminary in India delegated a committee of inquiry to evaluate the VC’s controversial statements made in the Indian media. In the aftermath of the controversy fueled by his comments in …