“A man of two worlds: West and East, intelligently at ease in both but at peace with neither.”

Ismail Faruqi Award ceremony (0)

23/1/2007
- The Ismail Faruqi Award Ceremony was a bi-annual award given to International Islamic University of Malaysia scholars who produced outstanding and exemplary academic work, and was named after Dr. Ismail Raji al-Faruqi. At the time of this writing we are unsure whether this Award has been discontinued or still ongoing. ... Read More

Review of “Islam and Other Faiths” by Isma’il Raji Al-Faruqi (2)

22/1/2007
- The very first glimpse of "Islam and other Faiths" by the late Isma'il Raji Faruqi filled me with excitement and curiosity. Here was an outstanding Muslim scholar venturing into a field that is at once virgin and full of intellectual promise. I had read only two books by him before: "Tawhid: Its Relevance for Thought and Life" and "The Islamization... Read More

Islam and the Problem of Israel: The Three-Cornered Nature of the Problem (0)

21/1/2007
- The problem of Israel confronting the Muslim World today has neither precedent nor parallel in Islamic history. The Muslim World has tended to regard it as another instance of Modern colonialism, or at best, as a repetition of the Crusades. The difference is not that Israel is neither one of these; but that it is both and more, much more.... Read More

Review of “Islam and the Problem of Israel” by Isma’il Raji al-Faruqi (0)

21/1/2007
- This new edition of Islam and the Problem of Israel is a succinct and thoughtfully organised reader. The author, though Palestinian himself, offers a reasonably fair appraisal of the issue at hand from a Muslim’s perspective. Some readers might find the strong vocabulary makes the read challenging, and this may sometimes be burdensome. The topic... Read More

Review of “Islam in the Modern National State” by Erwin I. J. Rosenthal (0)

21/1/2007
- The problem of the relationship of Islam to the national state and the confrontation of its Law with modernity have been the subject of much controversy. Many books have appeared which seek to define the problems and evaluate tha solutions possible or proposed. This work is perhaps one of the most comprehensive. It surveys classical political... Read More

Da’wah in the West: Promise and Trial (1)

21/1/2007
- Nobody who observed the spread of Islam in the non-Muslim World, especially in the West, and still more especially in America, the United Kingdom and Western Europe during the last thirty years, can fail to wonder at the marvel, or to discern the hand of the Almighty (may He be Glorified and Exalted) at work, The configuration of so many diverse... Read More

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