Category: Islam

  • “People of The Book” and The Muslims

    Emin Ergin discusses the historical relations between Muslims and the “People of the Book”, and provides evidence on how they are to be treated.

  • Jizya in Islam

    Jizya in Islam

    Monqiz As-Saqqar sheds light on the origins of jizya, its pre-Islamic usage and how it was practised in previous civilisations before the rise of Islam and contrasts it with the Islamic way of imposing jizya.

  • Islam and Other Religions

    Isma’il Raji al-Faruqi lays the groundwork towards understanding the Islamic theory of meta-religion, highlights its important aspects and discusses Islam’s historical treatment of non-Muslims.

  • Political Thought In Islam

    Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the well-known poet-philosopher outlines the the main Political Thought in Islam and concludes that the fundamental principle laid down in the Qur’an is the principle of election.

  • The Legislation & The Beginning of Jihad

    Akram Diya al ‘Umari informs us about the background of the Muslim condition in Madinah that led to the legislation of jihad and its permission.

  • “Jihad” by Sir Thomas W. Arnold

    Sir Thomas W. Arnold defends, with extraordinary talent, the thesis that the basic meaning of “jih?d”, is: “the using or exerting one’s utmost power, effort, endeavor or ability, in contending with an object of disapprobation”, and that primarily the word bears no reference to war or fighting, much less to fighting against unbelievers or forcible…