R.I.P. Ethics
It is not virtue, that you turn your faces to the East and to the West. True virtue is this: the one who believes in God; and the Last Day; the angels; the Book; and the Prophets, and gives of…
Protests, the State, and the Comprador Bourgeoisie PII
This post is in response to a request by students to further comment on the matter of the revolts that have gripped this part of the world with particular consideration to the question are they halal or not. I will…
On Professor Abou El Fadl’s Shariah
A student asked me some time ago “whether there was any truth” in the following passage from an essay by professor Khalid Abou El Fadl:
“The Shari‘ah, for the most part, is not explicitly dictated by God. Rather, Shari‘ah relies…
