Muslim Responses To Anti-Islam Polemics
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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.
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“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…
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Pre-Islamic Arabia And Its Socio-Religious Condition
An exposition of the background of pre-Islamic Arabia and its people, as well as the prevailing socio-religious condition, aptly termed Jahiliyyah, prevalent at the time.
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Sectarianism In Islam
1. It is important to realize that, unfortunate as it may be, it is a division that has already been made and accepted by the Muslims and by the adherents of these sections. It would, under the circumstances, be unrealistic to refute the existence of these sects. These sections do exist, even if their existence…
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Psychological Perspective On The Prophecies of Ezekiel
In a lengthy classic articleStudien u. Kritiken, 1, pp. 391f, 417f, 422., H. Klostermann demonstrated by convincing and detailed scriptural analysis that Ezekiel suffered from temporary dumbness and HemiplegiaThe total paralysis of the arm, leg, and trunk on the same side of the body.. Klostermann finds symptoms of these diseases in Ezekiel’s occasional dumbness (3:24-27;…
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Pre-Islamic Arabian Thought
Shaikh Inayatullah discusses the prevailing pagan Arabian religion and its practices prior to the coming of Islam.