The divorce that made Muslim disunity possible
The noble jurist, Imam al-Shafi’i (767-819 AD) clearly regarded the Quran and Sunna as forms of prophetic revelation (wahy) in Islam. In al-Shafi’i’s legal magnum opus, Risala, the Quran is termed “revelation recited”, or wahy matlu, while the Sunna is termed “revelation not recited”, or wahy ghayr matlu. The distinguishing feature of wahy ghayr matlu [...]
The appeal of Salafism
Netherlands: Salafism’s simple message appeals to Muslim youth The fundamentalist Islamic movement Salafism is spreading rapidly around the world via Internet. With its simple message, it exerts a strong attraction on identity seeking Muslim youths both in the Islamic world and in the west. … According to critics of Islam such as Somali-born former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi [...]
Funny evangelical games
I am amused by the efforts of some Muslim evangelists who use the Bible to prove to Christians that their religion is wrong.
Muslims like to assert that only linguistic experts and specialists in various disciplines can fully understand and draw out the splendor of the Quran. They charge that Orientalists with little or no [...]
Using language as a mask for bigotry
No joke The common definition of cult is captured in the common joke: my faith is a religion, yours is a sect and that guy over there whom we don’t like, well, his is a cult.
In its more scholarly usage the term tries to measure socio-cultural distance. The greater the mismatch of the customs between believers [...]
Islam’s unholy alliance
Australia: Islam’s unholy alliance On a hot summer’s night two years ago, a carload of Islamic gunmen drove along Auburn Road in Sydney’s west and sprayed bullets into a row of shops owned by Iraqi Australians.
This was no run-of-the-mill crime. On this night in January 2005, the gunshots echoed far beyond western Sydney and into the [...]
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