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The Muslim World Needs Social Scientists Who Know The Islamic Tradition, Muqtedar Khan
The Muslim World Needs Social Scientists Who Know The Islamic Tradition, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The essay makes the argument that progress and development can come to the Muslim World if it can produce social scientists who are informed about their Islamic traditions.
The Ummah: Real Or Imaginary, Muqtedar Khan
The Ummah: Real Or Imaginary, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The essay examines the reality of the idea of an Ummah.
New Atheists And The Same Old Islamophobia, Muqtedar Khan
New Atheists And The Same Old Islamophobia, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
This article exposes the Islamophobia of the New Atheists.
What Is Enlightenment? An Islamic Perspective, Muqtedar Khan
What Is Enlightenment? An Islamic Perspective, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
This essay draws on Immanuel Kant’s concept of enlightenment as an escape from self- imposed ignorance and argues that a similar concept of enlightenment can be understood within the Muslim context as escape from self-imposed jahiliyyah, which is understood as fear to exercise reason publicly. The article advocates for ijtihad, is critical of Taqlid, and invokes Islamic sources to invest confidence in contemporary use of reason for interpreting Islam.
Political Authority In Islam, Muqtedar Khan
Political Authority In Islam, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The chapter is a survey of various approaches to political authority in Islamic thought.
Political Authority In Islam, Muqtedar Khan
Political Authority In Islam, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The chapter is a survey of various approaches to political authority in Islamic thought.
Beyond Anti-Semitism, Rebecca Gould
Beyond Anti-Semitism, Rebecca Gould
Rebecca Gould
Focusing on internal contradictions within the Israeli left, this essay considers the impact of the historical legacy of anti-Semitism on everyday thinking about Israel and the Palestinian territories. Contesting the view that to criticize Israel is to engage in anti-Semitic defamation, it offers an historical account of how Israel's actions in the West Bank have come to be immunized from conscientious criticism. It also documents how progressive media outlets in contemporary Israel have silenced or otherwise marginalized Israel's most active critics.
Review: The Faces Of Terrorism: Social And Psychological Dimensions, By Neil Smelser, Dylan Kissane
Review: The Faces Of Terrorism: Social And Psychological Dimensions, By Neil Smelser, Dylan Kissane
Dylan Kissane
In the decade since the 9/11 terrorist attacks there have been countless books and articles published that have sought to explain Islamist terrorism and explore policy responses to terrorism from the Muslim world. A smaller sector of the literature has sought to place Islamist terror in its international political context, drawing parallels with terrorism in the Basque country, Northern Ireland and domestic groups in the United States. A smaller sector again seeks to explore not only to describe such terrorism and explore policy responses to it but also to dig deeper and uncover the motivations that drive terrorists and those …
Shura And Democracy, Muqtedar Khan