Bism Illah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem For two years, my most dominant thought was traveling to and being with the…
Spending three years in the desert heat of Saudi Arabia was for me a time of Ultimate Enlightenment,…
The approach to Makka lies through mountains, sharp, unforgiving angles of granite. The road to Madina passes through…
bismi’Llahi’r-Rahmani’r-Rahim It is striking that not one of the great muhaddiths, mufassirs, grammarians, historians, or legists of Islam…
Allahumma salli ala sayyidina Muhammadin wa-alihi wa-sahbihi wa-sallim As-salamu alaykum. Around two weeks have passed since the ‘Happy…
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…
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