What is a Madrasa? By Ebrahim Moosa. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Pp. 290. 2015. PB. £19.99. Reviewed by Muhammad Mojlum Khan. The author is currently Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Notre Dame, US, and linked to the Keough School of Global Affairs. He has authored/edited several publications including the... read more →
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Important Voice and Opinion
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Please read my op-ed in today’s Orlando Sentinel. Comments on my WordPress page are welcome. ʿAlā al-Dīn Abū Bakr al-Kāsānī (d. 1189) in what might be a throw away line in his Badāʾiʿ al-Ṣanāʾiʿ fī Tartīb al-Sharaʾiʿ, The Immaculate Calling in Ordering Normative Traditions really startled me. He wrote: المذاهب تمتحن... read more →
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Ever since I heard of Shahab Ahmed's illness, a few weeks ago, to say I was terribly unsettled, would not be an exaggeration. A particular malignant form of leukemia overwhelmed his body. I was praying for a miracle, but the hour finally came. وَلَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا... read more →
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My madrassa classmate hated politics. Then joined the Islamic State.