Introduction The status and rights of women are contentious issues within and across cultures. Opinions diverge for the most subjective of reasons, due to fluctuations in personal biases that are [...]
Author: Ainan Ahmed
understanding.docxunderstanding.docx
Abstract In recent years, few criticisms of Islam have taken the spotlight as much as condemnations of the Prophet’s marriage to Aisha. Muslims are accused of following the example of [...]
Tolerance, Mirorities.docxTolerance, Mirorities.docx
Introduction Religious Minorities Under Muslim Rule Abstract Muslims and Muslim rulers are often accused of being intolerant of, and oppressive to, religious minorities. Using the Ottoman millet system as a case study, the first part of this paper demonstrates [...]
The Structure of Scientific.docxThe Structure of Scientific.docx
Abstract The popular analysis (promulgated by Orientalists) on the rise and decline of scientific productivity in Islamic civilization dichotomizes the events of Islamic history as a conflict between religion and [...]
The Prophet’s.docxThe Prophet’s.docx
Abstract The Prophet’s ﷺ marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh (rA) stands unique among all of his marriages because of its explicit pronouncement in the Qur’an. Despite the stated theological, social, [...]
THE MONTH ORDAINED BY ALLAH.docxTHE MONTH ORDAINED BY ALLAH.docx
Abstract The Islamic (Hijrī) calendar is the standard measure of time in the Qur’an and Sunnah, and plays an integral role in the lives of Muslims. It is used for [...]
The contributions of non.docxThe contributions of non.docx
The contributions of non-Arabs and slaves to early Islamic scholarship Those unfamiliar with Islamic intellectual history might assume that most early Muslim scholars were Arabs. And some might be surprised [...]
The Black Muslim American.docxThe Black Muslim American.docx
Introduction In 1915, the modern Ku Klux Klan, a notorious white supremacist group was born in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The Klan was first formed during the Reconstruction years after the Civil War. [...]
The Age of Aisha.docxThe Age of Aisha.docx
Abstract There are a myriad of criticisms against Islam propagated by non-Muslims in today’s age. One of these criticisms accuses the Prophet ﷺ of marrying a child because of the ḥadīth mentioned in Bukhārī and Muslim where ʿĀʾisha [...]
ThConstitution of Medina Translation, Commentary,and Meaning Today.docxThConstitution of Medina Translation, Commentary,and Meaning Today.docx
The great twentieth-century Indian scholar of Sīrah, Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, declared it to be the first-ever written constitution in human history, and the label has stuck.In the public sphere, it has [...]
