Allahumma salli ala sayyidina Muhammadin wa-alihi wa-sahbihi wa-sallim As-salamu alaykum. The recent inquisition directed against me and by…
(reproduced courtesy of www.lastprophet.info) In a former church, my heart is a mihrâb, Urging me to repent, the erasure of…
The Egyptian poet al-Busiri (d.1294) is considered the most distinguished author of poems praising the Prophet Muhammad (a.s.).…
by Imam Ghazali There are ten good manners which the pilgrim should observe. Firstly, the money he spends…
Ramadan brings to the surface some of Istanbul’s deepest human secrets. The great City resembles the improbable arm…
In the immediate aftermath of the election of Joseph Ratzinger to the Papacy, Muslim reactions to the new…
The Origins of Suicidal Terrorism 1. Amnesia Attention deficit disorder seems to flourish under conditions of late modernity.…
Text of a Lecture give at the Cardiff conference in May 2000 The Dajjal, as everyone knows, has…
Reflections on the Turkish earthquake, 1999 [Text from a lecture given at the “From Mekka to Madina” Conference,…
(Text of a lecture given to a group of Christians in Oxford, 1996) A number of difficulties will…
Published in Ljliljan, a Bosnian-language newspaper. Enes Karic [EK]: Can I start by asking about your belief that…
Whoever is not thankful for graces runs the risk of losing them; and whoever is thankful, fetters them…
During the late 1980s, Farid Esack was one of the most conspicuous Muslim campaigners against apartheid in his…
It was a catharsis that failed. Whole classes and provinces turned out to say a tearful farewell to…
Twentieth-century Western art is not a subject for which we Muslims have much time. The alert among us are…
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