People who shaped Islamic Civilization- CSS Islamic Studies Coverage of violence and Islam often go hand in hand. So it comes as a relief to be reminded that historically, culturally and intellectually, Islam is less a nihilistic creed than a …
Jerusalem in Trouble: CSS Current Affairs Jerusalem is home to sacred relics, historical figures and holy sites, shared by the world’s three largest monotheistic faiths. At the same time, it’s at the center of a power struggle dating back centuries. …
Islam Between Jihad and Democracy- CSS Islamic Studies The term “Islamism” and its watered-down equivalent, “political Islam,” sprang into widespread use after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and soon became permanent fixtures of contemporary political discourse. They were coined to describe an …
Political Islam After the Arab Spring Online CSS General Knowledge Between Jihad and Democracy By Olivier Roy The term “Islamism” and its watered-down equivalent, “political Islam,” sprang into widespread use after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and soon became permanent fixtures of contemporary …
Fixing Pakistan’s sectarian fault lines- CSS Pakistan Affairs Pakistan’s Bold Response to Sectarianism? A few days before Muharram, grand proclamations advocating peace and calm that suggested people shun their religious, sectarian and ethnic biases “to promote the great characteristics of …
People who really represented Islam- CSS Islamic Studies Emir Abdelkader was a Muslim, Sufi, sheikh, humanist, protector of his people against Western barbarism, protector of Christians against Muslim barbarism, so noble that Abe Lincoln sent him a pair of Colt …
What do you think of when you hear the word “terrorist”? Big beards and brown skins? Turban-wearing Muslim migrants from the Middle East? Refugees maybe? Yet according to a report from the New America Foundation, “every jihadist who conducted a …
7 Remarkable things about Khadija RA CSS Islamic Studies I often get into debates with people about women in Islam. How we dress. How we don’t dress. What we think or don’t think or should-be-thinking. I get into debates about …
Why I am a Muslim: Reza Aslan- CSS General Knowledge As a writer and scholar of religions, I am often asked how, knowing all that I know about the religions of the world, I can still call myself a believer, …
Women You Never Hear About: Fatima Muhammad Al-Fihri Did you know the first institution granting academic degrees in the world was founded by a Muslim woman? Of course you didn’t. Fatima Muhammad Al-Fihri’s university, the University of Qarawiyyin in Fes, …