Reviewed by Abdul Hai “In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious.” Joseph Kasule is a research fellow at Makerere University, Uganda. He is the author of
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Reviewed by Haris Ali Tariq Samira Haj’s main argument is to seek to understand the Islamic tradition according to its own terms, categories and rationalities. Within this argument however is
Read moreAnimal Farm
Reviewed by Abdul Hai Human nature as understood by Islam, is naturally good. Their transformation into something that is unnatural occurs when the environment and greed take hold of them.
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Dr. Mustafa Sibai Reviewed by Abdul Hai “Hand the secular Arab a glass of urine, and tell him that it is wine. He will not only pretend to enjoy it,
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Reviewed by Abdul Hai Huda Saharawi (1879-1947) was Egypt’s famous feminist, who gave birth to the Egyptian Feminist Union (EFU) in 1923 to fight the so-called male-controlled society and establish an equal
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Reviewed by Abdul Hai Lila Abu-Lughod’s (2013) publication Do Muslim Women Need Saving? builds on her 2002 article Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological reflections on Cultural Relativism and its
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