In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Islam at the Crossroads Reviewed by Abdul Hai The Saudi writer Ibrahim Al-Buleihi is deeply convinced of the political, social, scientific, and anthropological achievements of the Western world, considering it a “civilisation par excellence.” His admiration for Western civilisation is so profound that he…
Reviewed by Abdul Hai “They are successful because they left their religion and we are backward because we left our Religion”. Jamal-uddin Al-Afghani I arrived in Cairo just after the Maghrib prayer during one of my remarkable journeys to Egypt. Upon arrival, I took a taxi with my friend, who had been waiting to receive…
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence by James Lovelock Reviewed by Amirah Chati James Lovelock- inventor, environmentalist and futurist- was no stranger to controversy in his century-long life. His final book, ‘Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence’, published three years before his death, outlines a significant new hypothesis for a world he would not live to…
By John Gray. Reviewed by Dr. Safaruk Z. Chowdhury, John Gray is one of the eminent British philosophers and public intellectuals writing today. His academic interests have been in politics, cultural studies and analytic philosophy. A keen historian of ideas, Gray’s numerous works have been praised for being innovative, challenging and prophetic. Born to a…
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 another aim which is to show the dynamic nature of tradition. The former is the argument of the book generally, while the latter informs the…
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 Others. As an Anthropologist and ethnographer, Abu-Lughod sets out to study the lives, social and cultural world of Muslim women, who in the Western discourse…
Reviewed by Prof Imtiyaz Ismail Raji al-Faruqi (1921–1986) was an encyclopedic scholar of Islamic studies in the modern age. He along with his three Muslim academic friends and colleagues viz., Fazlur Rahman (1911–1988) and Seyyed Hossein Nasr (b. 1933) was a trailblazer in Islamics or Islamic studies both in the East and West. Since the…
By Nazir Ahmad Zargar Reviewed by Dr Tauseef Ahmad Parray Da‘wah (preaching of Islam) is one of the notable topics in Islam and a significant genre of Islamic scholarship, to which both Muslims and non-Muslims have contributed significantly. Numerous works have been written on the subject of Da‘wah—its philosophy, methodology, pedagogy, prominence, tactics, discourse, and other…
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],…
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” 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.”…
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