Posted in Books, Life, Prayer, tagged Converts, Hijab, Islam, Leila Ahmed, Muslims, Veil, Women, Yvonne Haddad on July 16, 2007 | 32 Comments »
I get a lot of emails from Americans - of various political backgrounds - with a lot to say about Islam. This happens usually after I write posts like, Making A Modern Muslim World, On Theocracy and Liberty and Is Islam Compatible with Democracy and frankly, I know what I’m getting myself into when I [...]
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Posted in Archives, Books on July 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Its interesting when an issue that I find troubling, especially as a personal issue or something that I find challenging in life, are addressed in literature, talks or lectures that I come across in passing. This recently happened when I was watching an interview with Hamza Yusuf, arguably the most notable Islamic Scholar in America, [...]
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Posted in Archives, Books on July 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Zaytuna Institute formerly of Hayward, CA has developed a class of publications called the Curriculum Series. This genre is a much needed gathering, translation and exposition of the classic works of the traditional Islamic scholars. The first of this series is Shaykh Hamza Yusuf’s translation and exegisis of Imam Al-Tahawi’s al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyya (The Creed [...]
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