Ethical Civic Engagement

Reviving the Waqf Tradition: Moral Imagination and the Structural Causes of Poverty

Abstract This paper builds on recent research classifying Islamic charitable endowments—the institution of the waqf—into distinct stages of historical and institutional development. It aims to imagine how...

Dr. Zara Khan

There Has Always Been Fake News: Misinformation and Islamic Critical Epistemology

There has always been Fake News World crises are not new to us. In our short lifespans, there have been multiple genocides, such as in Bosnia and Rwanda, and immense droughts and mass starvation, as in Somalia. We have...

Arnold Yasin Mol and Jeroen Vlug

Faithful Activism: A Sunnah Framework

Note Last updated October 30, 2020. Introduction The following document represents instructional notes formulated by Sh. Omar Suleiman, Founder and President of Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, for a course taught...

Dr. Omar Suleiman

Finding Truth in the Age of Fake News: Information Literacy in Islam

Abstract Information literacy is the set of skills needed in the modern age to discover, evaluate, interpret, and use information properly and truthfully. With the worldwide proliferation of misinformation on the...

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Ethical Civic Engagement

Reviving the Waqf Tradition: Moral Imagination and the Structural Causes of Poverty

There Has Always Been Fake News: Misinformation and Islamic Critical Epistemology

Finding Truth in the Age of Fake News: Information Literacy in Islam

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