Vol. 1 of 2 Asad, Muhammad. The Road to Mecca. USA. Fons Vitae. 375 pp. £7.63 (PB) ISBN 188-775-237-4 Reviewed by: Abdul Hai. Classic rihla (travel) literature like the journey of Ibn Battuta (1307-1369) or Marco Polo (1254-1324) is no doubt an exceptional narrative of events, experiences, and landscapes. The readers are fascinated by the…
Sheikh, Mustapha. A Treasury of Ibn Taymiyyah. Turkey. Kube Publishing, 2020. pp. x,177. £10.96 (Hardcover). ISBN: 9-781847741035 Reviewed by: Abdul Hai. If I had to swear standing between the corner of the Ka’bah and the spot of Ibrāhīm, I would swear that I have not laid my two eyes on anyone like him [Ibn Taymiyyah],…
“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” Naylor, Paul. From Rebels to Rulers, Writing Legitimacy in the early Sokoto State. Great Britain. James Currey, 2021. pp. xxii,199. £60.00 (Hardcover). ISBN: 978-1847012708. Reviewed by: Abdul Hai. “There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their historians, the history of…
By Edward W. Saïd Reviewed by Abdul Hai “They weren’t like us and for that reason deserved to be ruled.” Edward Said Edward W. Said is a well-known Palestinian-American academic and literary critic. His book, Orientalism, published in 1978, was a ground-breaking study. Orientalism tries to understand how the colonisers studied and analysed their…
“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” Palestine. A Four Thousand Year History. Prof: Nur Masalha Reviwed by Abdul Hai “If I don’t steal it, someone else will steal it.” Jacob. Israeli Settler. In the film The Kingdom of Heaven when Saladin, played by Ghassan Massoud, was asked by Balian…
“[The Taliban soldiers] showing more courtesy than British police”. Yvonne Ridley. Reviewed by Abdul Hai Some may say the narrative by the British journalist Yvonne Ridley presented in “In the Hands of the Taliban” is merely a classical manifestation of Stockholm Syndrome. A superficial reading of the book may lead one to believe this claim…
“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” The Travels of Ibn Al-Tayyib Ibn Al-Tayyib Translator: El Mustapha Lahlali et al. Reviewed by Abdul Hai Travellers have always been major contributors in understanding the world; their experiences of other cultures, description of the landscape and their eyewitnessing of the events and rituals…
“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” Orientalism Edward W. Said, Reviewed by Abdul Hai “Arabs, for example, are thought of as camel-riding, terroristic, hook-nosed, venal lechers whose undeserved wealth is an affront to real civilization. Always there lurks the assumption that although the Western consumer belongs to a numerical…
“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” ‘Things fall Apart Chinua Achebe Reviewed by Abdul Hai “Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half devil and half child..” The White man’s Burden Rudyard Kipling “With bullets, blood or death, Better by far defend it” Black man’ Burden H. T. Johnson Rudyard Kipling’s poem The…
“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” On the Muslim Question Anne Norton Reviewed by Abdul Hai In the fourteenth episode of the tenth season of ‘The Simpsons’ Apu, the owner of the Kwik-E-Market celebrates Valentine’s Day with his new wife Manjula. He presents her with lavish gifts and suffocates her with…
“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” The Socio-Political Role of the Ulama in Egypt Dr. S.M Yunus Gilani Reviewed by Abdul Hai Abu al-Darda’ (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: “Scholars are the inheritors of the prophets.”…
OUR DECLINE its Causes and Remedies Amir Shakib Arslan Reviewed by Abdul Hai Amir Shakib Arslan (1869-1946) appeared in a cloudy chapter of Islamic history. To many, it was the last chapter of a religion, a civilisation and most importantly an empire, namely the Ottoman Empire. However, Arslan represented a different view. He was…
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