Islam

339 – Times words from the root for mercy and compassion (rhm) occur

Why Trump can’t ban the Muslim Brotherhood without Damaging Democratic Prospects

That many branches of the Muslim Brotherhood are interested in competing as parties in parliamentary systems poses a severe challenge to the authoritarian status quo in Saudi Arabia

Islam

Muslims need an Alternative Political Paradigm

contributors

The abuse of Islam and its teachings by radical groups like Daesh [ISIL] and Al Qaeda is a reality that no one can ignore

Buddhism

Sri Lanka’s Mainstream Muslims Caught in Nexis of Extreme Nationalisms and Fringe Radicalism

The Conversation

Even though most Sri Lankan Muslims are Sunni, it is a diverse community, with some following the mystical form of Islam, Sufism

Featured

“The Nearest in Love:” On how the Sri Lankan Death Cult Betrayed the Islamic Values of the Qur’an

Juan Cole

“You will find that the nearest to them in love are those who say ‘We are Christians.'”

Christianity

Why the Qur’an denied that Jews were Responsible for Jesus’ Death on Good Friday

Juan Cole

“So peace be upon me, the day I was born, and the day that I die, and the day that I am raised.”

Islam

Spirituality without Prophets: Ibn Tufayl and the story of the feral child of philosophy

contributors

Hayy concludes that persuading people away from their ‘natural’ stations would only corrupt them further.

Islam

Muhammad: an anticlerical hero of the European Enlightenment

contributors

Some saw Islam as a pure form of monotheism close to philosophic Deism

Qur'an

On how Everything Sam Harris says about Islam is Wrong: Part 2 on “Unbelievers”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This is the second installment in a series on Sam Harris’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad book, “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Religion” (Norton, 2005). Part 1 is here. On page 31, Harris says, “It is clear, however, that Muslims hate the West in […]