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…
Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain, 1492-1614 Matthew Carr Reviewed by Abdul Hai “And you who are living in luxury beyond the sea enjoying life, you who have the strength and power in your homelands, Have you no news of the people of Andalus, for riders have carried forth what men have said…
Author: Yassir Morsi Reviewed by Abdul Hai “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” “So this will not be a ‘Muslims are like us’ poem I refuse to be respectable …Because if you need me to prove my humanity I’m not the one that’s not human…” Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan Frantz Fanon’s Black…
Lessons in Islamic History Shaykh Muhammad Al-Khudari Bak Al-Bajuri Translator: Mariam Madge Conlan Reviewed by Abdul Hai “A community receives light from its history. And it becomes aware of itself by the remembrance of its history”. Allama Iqbal One of the salaf said, “We learned Islamic history just like we learned a surah from the…
“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” Desert Encounter Knud Holmboe Reviewed by Abdul Hai Desert Encounter covers the travels of a young Danish journalist and explorer Knud Holmboe (1902 -1931) who converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1921 and, after a sojourn in North Africa, ultimately converted to Islam in 1929. The book records his journey to Algeria,…
“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” The Chain Hesham Hauari Reviewed by Abdul Hai It is said that the famous poet Abu Tayyib Al Mutanabbi fled the battlefield and someone said to him, “Are you running away? Are you not the one who said, الخيل والليل والبيداء تعرفني والسيف والرمح…
“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India Dr Shashi Tharoor. Reviewed by Abdul Hai The British writer and historian Alex Von Tunzelmann in her book Indian Summer made a very interesting historical observation that really collaborates well with the claims of the Inglorious…
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