Islamic Sciences

Slavery and Islam: What is Slavery?

Introduction Is there slavery in Islam? When people pose this question they usually assume it’s the Islam part that needs clarification. Everyone already knows what slavery is. Actually, it’s quite the opposite. The...

Dr. Jonathan Brown and Dr. Abdullah Hamid Ali

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...

Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy and Dr. Omar Suleiman

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...

Dr. Jonathan Brown

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Jihad in Islam: Just-War Theory in the Quran and Sunnah

For more on the topic of Jihad, explore Politics & and Practical Theology.

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Islamic Sciences

Slavery and Islam: What is Slavery?

How Muhammad ﷺ Confronted Hate and Became The Most Influential Person in History

Stoning and Hand Cutting—Understanding the Hudud and the Shariah in Islam

Jihad in Islam: Just-War Theory in the Quran and Sunnah

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