In the immediate aftermath of the election of Joseph Ratzinger to the Papacy, Muslim reactions to the new…
During the first, formative centuries of its existence, the Ottoman state typically grounded its claims to legitimacy in…
The Origins of Suicidal Terrorism 1. Amnesia Attention deficit disorder seems to flourish under conditions of late modernity.…
(Introduction to the translation of Ibn Hajar’s commentary on selected hadith, published as a booklet by the Muslim…
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,…
THE POVERTY OF FANATICISM ‘Blood is no argument’, as Shakespeare observed. Sadly, Muslim ranks are today swollen with…
The ummah’s greatest achievement over the past millennium has undoubtedly been its internal intellectual cohesion. From the fifth…
(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…
I have been asked to offer some comments on gender identity issues as these impact on Muslims living…