Fethullah Gulen and the Contribution of Islamic scholarship to Democracy
Since the fifth century BCE, democracy has been discussed by political theorists, philosophers and members of diverse societies…
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A Journey of Discovery
I first became interested in Ottoman women in the early 1990s when I read a newly published book…
The Relationship between Law and the Benefits of Intermingling Them
From the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles to Shakespeare, Dickens and modern legal dramatist Grisham, stories about law have…
Human Clones: An Islamic View
In the present article1 I will attempt to summarize a wide range of opinions that have emerged among…
Victim Rights in Islam and Western Legal Systems: A Comparative Anlysis
1. Individual and society as victim While it is true that crimes committed against an individual usually affect…
Questions: A Key to Knowledge
Knowledge is a treasury, the key to which is the question. The vast treasury of Islamic knowledge remains…