Sharia

Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) moved from Mecca to Medina for several important reasons to live in peace, to ensure security, and to spread God’s word. Mohammed (Peace be upon him) wanted to make a sermon to clarify seven points to his people in Medina, to make them follow these points to ensure peace, security, and faith. The seven points are prohibiting killing others, being faithful to God, not committing theft and adultery, to practice every good and get far away from evil. Also, no…

Takaful means “mutual or joint guarantee” and it is the closest Islamic instrument to contemporary system of insurance. Earlier demand for insurance was very low in Muslim communities compared to conventional markets but with the introduction of Islamic mode of insurance more and more Muslims are open to the idea. Currently there are very few Takaful applicants in the market with very few institutions offering this insurance service on large scale. Though the claim for Takaful is for part…

What is the ideology of Daesh? For centuries Muslim scholars and philosopher have been debating about the morality and political philosophy in Islam and it is not very unclear. It’s based on Quran, Hadith, and Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). Many Islamic scholars have argued that political theory of Islam did not exist as independent disciplines in Islam. Islamic political philosophy is in addition to Quranic exegesis, hadith, theology, ethics, historiography and philosophical works. The theory…

"The Road to Mecca", is a book written by Muhammad Asad. He is an Austrian Jewish who converted to Islam by the end of the 1920's. The Road to Mecca was not only a description for the author's trip to Mecca, but an intellectual, historical, political and novel book that describes the author's feeling of Islam and the Muslim World. Muhammad Asad was a journalist, traveler, philosopher, historian, diplomat, thinker, scholar and a great believer in the religion he decided to convert to. In this…

The play antigone evidently demonstrates the contention of common law and divine law.Here divine law is spoken to by antigone while mainstream law is spoken to by ruler Creon. Aside from this there are different characters in the play who maintains Antigone in the play the contention is not of identities but rather of ideas– the contention of standards. The ruler bolsters mainstream law while others underpins the religious soul that is divine law. In any case is the standard of the god in…

How to deal with moral differences varies on the perspective at hand. Dealing with the clash that has surfaced between the western value of freedom of the press and the sacredness of the Muslim religion is a prominent issue currently in society. An ethical relativist does not believe in a universal moral truth, but instead that the morals at hand, revolve around the culture, especially the specific “time and place”. Whereas a soft universalist believes in the idea of a few universal moral truths…

The first article that I read in regard to the question on whether radical Islam is or is not an ideology was Liberal Islam: Prospects and Challenges by Charles Kurzman. In the first paragraph Kurzman talks about Muslims firmly believing in “Liberal Islam” which refers to interpretations of Islam that are concerning issues such as democracy, separating religion from political involvement, women’s rights, freedom of thought, and promoting human progress. Kurzman feels that changes to religion for…

Ibn al-Qayyim wrote mainly on subjects like commentary of the Holy Qur'an, Islamic jurisprudence, traditions of the Holy Prophet (SAW), mysticism, social, political and economic issues. We can divide his economic thoughts into five main categories: 1 His views on the economic philosophy of Islam. a) Homo Islamicus and Not Homo Economicus Ibn al-Qayyim highlights the basic Islamic faith that every man is accountable before Allah (SWT) for his conduct and that Allah (SWT) is the source of…

At the beginning of the 7th century, Islamic civilization thrived with all the advancements the civilization managed to succeed in, like cultural diversity, trade, arts, etc. Some examples of these achievements include: geometric shapes, calligraphy, advancements in math and science, architecture like mosques, and the ability to preserve their religion (Islam). During the 7th century to the Abbasids of the 13th century, many changes occurred both politically and culturally. Like, the Islamic…

Religion is an important factor in the Middle East, especially in the country of Iran. In fact, the Iranian government ignores that nonreligious Iranians even exist! Religion plays a major role in Iran’s society. What religion is the most popular and followed, and is that religion forced upon the people? Do people get along if they come from diverse religious backgrounds? Iran has a somewhat high population, consisting of 77 million people. That’s a lot of people, and 99.4% of those people…