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LGBTQ and Islam Revisited: The Days of the Donald

Please reference our latest content on this topic “Islam and the LGBT Question: Reframing the Narrative” and webinar “Addressing LGBTQ Issues in Islam“

Dr. Jonathan Brown and Dr. Shadee Elmasry

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Pulling the Plug: The Islamic Perspectives on End-of-Life Care

Abstract Cultural competency and patient-centered care is best achieved when a physician has some understanding of a patient’s beliefs and practices. The paucity of English-language literature on Islam’s perspective on...

Maryam Sultan

Honored Since Adam: Islam and the Value of Human Freedom

Introduction One recent Ramadan, I spent more time than I should have reading the news and keeping up with the general mayhem of the Middle East. At one point, thousands of Yezidis had fled to a mountain and were under...

Dr. Edward Omar Moad

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The Lost Art of Contemplation

Introduction Modern psychology involves the study of human cognition, affect, and behavior. These three phenomena represent fundamental components of the human experience. They are also deeply connected to the Islamic...

Dr. Zohair Abdul-Rahman

Is Islam a Death Cult? Martyrdom and the American-Muslim Imagination

Introduction In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Grantor of Mercy The topic of martyrdom in general, and certainly in Islam, is very sensitive. One can never be too clear about things these days, so...

Dr. Jonathan Brown

Does Islam Need Saving? An Analysis of Human Rights

Introduction It is a common argument, made both implicitly and explicitly in Islamophobic rhetoric, that Islam, on the whole, is antithetical to modern secular notions of human rights. Whether it is through the lens of...

Nour Soubani

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The Message of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: The Proofs of Prophethood Series

To download the new e-book, The Final Prophet: Proofs for the Prophethood of Muhammad, click here. In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Grantor of Mercy The moral and intellectual greatness of the message...

Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

Predestination vs. Free Will in Islam: Understanding Allah’s Qadr

How can we reconcile two apparently contradictory facts that Allah has absolute power and sovereignty over all creation, and that at the same time we are responsible for our actions? Are we forced to do what we do, or...

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The Infinitely Merciful and the Question of Hellfire

Introduction In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Grantor of Mercy Is Allah really more merciful with us than even our own mothers? How can that be possible when He created Hellfire and will cast some people...

Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

The Structure of Scientific Productivity in Islamic Civilization: Orientalists’ Fables

Abstract The popular analysis (promulgated by Orientalists) on the rise and decline of scientific productivity in Islamic civilization dichotomizes the events of Islamic history as a conflict between religion and reason...

Asadullah Ali Al-Andalusi

Finding Hope in Faith: An Optimistic Outlook During Hardship

Even amidst such widespread negativity, there are those voices we all naturally gravitate toward and secretly wish to adopt as our own – those of the optimists who see the proverbial glass as half full.

Roohi Tahir

Religious Minorities Under Muslim Rule

Religious minorities are often depicted as oppressed and vulnerable victims of their Muslim rulers. This portrayal, however, is far from accurate. This brief paper seeks to reorient our understanding of the rights and...

Dr. Tesneem Alkiek