A short comparative look at two travel accounts: The Road to Mecca by Muhammad Asad (1900–1992) and Desert Encounter by Knud Valdemar Gylding Holmboe (1902–1931). The modern interaction between the West and the East began when Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) invaded Egypt in 1798. This invasion opened the doors for other European nations to explore the…

Poster by David Polansky, courtesy of The Palestine Poster Project Archives.

Literature is so important … but it isn’t everything. It can carry thoughts and stimulates thinking … but it’s not the only way, and they aren’t always Islamic thoughts.  Statements of the obvious – but let me unpack some of this.  Literature is so important … but it isn’t everything Shaikh Taqiuddin al-Nabhani once wrote…

Introduction Once a medical college professor said to his students: “If you want to make good money as a physician, choose paediatrics as a career.” When children fall sick, parents generally become frantic in their attempts to provide medical care for them. They take their unwell children to paediatricians for advice and are ready to…

What is known as the Rushdie affair is an outgrowth of the publication of Salman Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses in September 1988 by Viking Penguin. It has been haunting the global Muslim population since then. The book sparked outrage and triggered large protests which led to street riots, deaths and injuries. All these fuelled…