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...
Conviction
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...
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...
The Message of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: The Proofs of Prophethood Series (Updated)
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...
Predestination vs. Free Will in Islam: Understanding Allah’s Qadr
Introduction In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful Divine providence—the idea that everything has already been decreed by the Creator from eternity—has troubled theologians and philosophers for centuries. How...
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...
Islam and Violence Against Women: A Critical Look at Domestic Violence and Honor Killings in the Muslim Community
Note Presented at the 12th Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women. Foreword by Dalia Mogahed During a November 17th, 2001 radio address, then first lady Barbara Bush sought to rally support for the war in Afghanistan...
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...
Overcoming Pessimism with Faith
How do we maintain optimism amidst the current climate of anxiety, confusion, and fear surrounding the Coronavirus? The tried and true prescription for one to develop lasting optimism lies in the Qur’an and the Sunnah...
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...
How Muhammad ﷺ Confronted Hate and Became The Most Influential Person in History
Introduction In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful To delegitimize the Messenger ﷺ is to call into question the entire message.[1] During his time, the Meccans called him a poet, a...
Stoning and Hand Cutting—Understanding the Hudud and the Shariah in Islam
Introduction Often the only things people in the West associate with Islam are stoning and hand chopping. These images permeate our culture, from the trailer of hits like Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) to straight...
