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Cultivating a Mi’raj and Isra of deliberative rationality

Critical, rational inquiry has been the work of Muslim philosophers for a long time: al-Farabi’s persuasion consists in offering argumentative reasons for holding a certain position; ibn Sina’s dialectics involves a process of rational argumentation…

Tawakkul

Our capacities are limited. Allah’s are unlimited. We are responsible for following His command by doing our duty and making a right choice in the world of choices and following them up with action…

Faith, Ideology, and Politics

Many in the West think, or used to think, that the problem of violence in the Middle East lay within Islam itself. Jihad and Islam were, and are, seen as the same thing.

Historic Islamic Higher Education Discourse

This meeting was not just a social gathering attended by `ulama, professionals, academics and educators, but also one characterised by a heightened sense of intellectualism, emotion and the quest to cultivate dialogical partnerships among different Muslim higher education institutions in the Western Cape, South Africa.