“[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…
The Return of the God Hypothesis by Stephen C. Meyer Reviewed by Shmuel Williams This is a book that must be taken very seriously, not just by those who reject the existence of God but even by those who claim to believe in the existence of one all-powerful and limitless designer/creator of the universe. It…
“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…
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,…
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