Saturday, July 28, 2012

UNDERSTANDING THE ROOTS AND ROLE MODELS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM

The Issue of Taqlid and Adopting a Madhhab

People would seek fatwa from 'ulama' since the earliest of times in matters which they were in need of, because the majority of people are not able to derive the rulings of the Shari'ah from their original sources.[...]

UNDERSTANDING THE ROOTS AND ROLE MODELS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM

The Wahhabis are especially notorious for reviving the ways of the Khawarij (or Kharijites). They originated in the time of the caliphates of Uthman and Ali, among the closest companions to Prophet Muhammad. They we[...]

Jesus was a Muslim, says religious professor in Iowa

Religious professor at the Luther College in Iowa Robert F. Shedinger has made a controversial claim in a new book, arguing that Jesus Christ was a Muslim. In the beginning of his book, to be released this year, Shedi[...]

A setback for Islamophobia

And Daniel Pipes' Middle East Forum has recently been inflicting enormous damage on itself by persisting in publishing the writings of Raymond Ibrahim. Ibrahim has been not only growing ever more strident but also fallin[...]


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