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Human Origins – Part 2: Evolution and the Failures   of Naturalism   بِسْمِِ اللِِ الرَّحْمٰنِِ الرَّحِيْمِِ       Abstract     The concept of human evolution and whether [...]

Pulling the Plug: The Islamic Perspectives on End-   of-Life Care   بِسْمِِ اللِِ الرَّحْمٰنِِ الرَّحِيْمِِ       Abstract     Cultural competency and patient-centered care is best achieved [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Abstract The Ottoman dynasty, which emerged as a small beylik in Asia Minor after the conquest of Constantinople (Istanbul) in the fifteenth century, became a major world power that not only shaped [...]

Religious minorities are often depicted as oppressed and vulnerable victims of their Muslim rulers. This portrayal, however, is far from accurate. This brief paper seeks to reorient our understanding of [...]

Abstract This paper builds on recent research classifying Islamic charitable endowments—the institution of the waqf—into distinct stages of historical and institutional development. It aims to imagine how the waqf might look today.  Throughout [...]