General Ethics

The American Response to COVID-19 and the Moral Dilemma

Preface The times call for Muslims not only to ‘find a place’ in the society and culture we live in, but to proactively participate in the effort to understand and respond to its crises. We can neither insulate...

Dr. Edward Omar Moad

Culture as Contestation: Planting Good Seeds in the Nation’s Soil

Introduction In 1999, the historic Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York City (one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States) hosted Sensation, a collection of works by young British artists. The...

Dr. Zara Khan

More Than Just Law: The Idea of Justice in the Qur’an

Introduction There is an urgent need to revitalize the concept of justice specifically as a virtue since the focus in the Islamic and Western worlds has been more significantly on the juridical and political aspects of...

Dr. Yasien Mohamed

Writ and Wisdom: The Quran’s Moral Narrative

Author’s Note This article has been abridged from the first chapter of The Qur’an and the Just Society (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) by Ramon Harvey, now available in paperback. It presents the...

Dr. Ramon Harvey

The Idea of Happiness in the Qur’an

Happiness in Qur’anic ethics The desire for happiness is a natural desire, and both the Greek and Islamic philosophers agree that happiness is the final end, but they differ as to what this end is and how it should be...

Dr. Yasien Mohamed

The Technology of Happiness

Introduction “When there is a general change of conditions,” Ibn Khaldun writes, “it is as if the entire creation had changed and the whole world been altered as if it were a new and repeated creation, a world brought...

Dr. Edward Omar Moad

The Ethical Worldview of the Qur’an

Introduction A worldview is a comprehensive philosophical view of the world we live in and interact with and it encompasses all aspects of reality, physical and metaphysical. A worldview represents one’s most...

Dr. Yasien Mohamed

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The Guiding Principles of Faith: Sincerity, Honesty, and Good Will in Islam

Introduction In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful In Islam, we must always practice our faith with sincerity (al-ikhlas), honesty (al-sidq), and goodwill (al-nasihah). Each of these virtues includes a...

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Shame, Morality, and Emotions: Understanding the Prophetic Model of Intelligence

Abstract The Prophetic model of intellect or ʿaql is a combination of divinely inspired moral intelligence and emotional intelligence. A complete moral education strives to perfect one’s moral identity by...

Mikaeel Ahmed Smith

Al-Ghazali and the Golden Rule: Ethics of Reciprocity in the Works of a Muslim Sage

Note The golden rule (“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”) has become an important focal point in modern interfaith dialogue with Muslims. As an ethical concept, it can be transferred more or less intact...

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General Ethics

The American Response to COVID-19 and the Moral Dilemma

Culture as Contestation: Planting Good Seeds in the Nation’s Soil

Writ and Wisdom: The Quran’s Moral Narrative

The Idea of Happiness in the Qur’an

The Technology of Happiness

The Ethical Worldview of the Qur’an

The Guiding Principles of Faith: Sincerity, Honesty, and Good Will in Islam

Shame, Morality, and Emotions: Understanding the Prophetic Model of Intelligence

Al-Ghazali and the Golden Rule: Ethics of Reciprocity in the Works of a Muslim Sage

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