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It also became the focal point of opposition to "decadent" Western—more particularly, American—influence, and offered the Saudi terrorist millionaire Osama bin Laden refuge and assistance in establishing his headquarters in Afghanistan.In the 1990s the madrassahs in Pakistan changed drastically in ...
What could be called a truism in small town America is a fact in Saudi Arabia. Virtually every Saudi citizen is a member of an extended family, including siblings, parents and grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. The extended family is the single most important u...
1. Islamic state: How can a state beIslamic state? The states we have today are nation-states that are defined by territorial boundaries, not by religion or color or ethnicity. All of the inhabitants of a nation-state are its citizens with equal rights. Pakistan is a nation-state. Nation...
Andrew F. Marchis Associate Professor of Political Science at theUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst. March’s first book,Islam and Liberal Citizenship, won the Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion from the American Academy of Religion. His research and teaching interests are in the area...
Senior Islamic Finance Specialist, Knowledge Leader Division, IsDBI, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prof. Mohammad Kabir Hassan Professor of Finance, The University of New Orleans, United States of America Mr. Moosa Khoory Head of Internal Shari’ah Audit, Dubai Islamic Bank, United Arab Emirates ...
Socialism, Marxismorcommunismare variant degrees of totalitarian “isms”, similar toIslamism. But let’s leave that aside – for the time being. History alone tells the bloody tale: Lesson Number One: SOCIALISM’S DEATH COUNTis what it is. NO amount of jive talk will change the horrific bo...
Teaching Islamically does not narrowly connote a particular strategy or method that is deemed “Islamic”, meaning a reductive relegation to solely instructional technique, divorced from an overarching educational philosophy rooted in the Islamic tradition. Rather, it is a commitment to an Islamic ...
The concern for pedagogy, or the method and practice of teaching, has been present since the classical Muslim community. What has stood out from the earliest centuries is that narrativisation has played an essential role in Islamic teaching, particularly spiritual, theological and ethical learning ...
However, you will be hard pressed to find many Muslims who can name even one Muslim female scholar in the realm of Quranic teaching or the preservation of authenticated hadith. Many of us are familiar with Muhammad al-Bukhari and Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, who are famous for the ...