In Honour Of Isma’il Raji’ al-Faruqi (1921 – 1986)

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Tag: religion

  • Why Islam?

    Within Islam it is both legitimate and right to ask the question: “why Islam?” Every tenet in Islam is subject to analysis and contention. No other religion is willing to subject its basic fundamentals of faith to such questioning. For example, Saint Thomas Aquinas, the most rational of Christian theologians, stopped the use of reason…

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

    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…