Book review by Abdul Hakim Murad During the late 1980s, Farid Esack was one of the most conspicuous Muslim campaigners against apartheid in his native South Africa. His sermons and broadsides diffused by the Call to Islam association of which he was National Co-Ordinator until 1990 were warmly received, particularly by anti-racist sections of theContinue reading "Qur’an, Liberation and Pluralism by Farid Esack: Book Review"
Justification for Violence: Religion or Policies?: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Bin Ladin’s Statements
[This link was provided to us by Shaykh Ashraf Dockrat] Assalamu 'alaikum, A preprint of Alejandro Beutel and Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad's paper "Justification for Violence: Religion or Policies?: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Bin Ladin's Statements" has been submitted for publication to The Middle East Journal. A pre-print is available on the Minaret of Freedom Institute websiteContinue reading "Justification for Violence: Religion or Policies?: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Bin Ladin’s Statements"
Mukhtasar al-Tuhfah al-Ithna ‘Ashariyyah of Imam ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Dihlawi
Attached is Shah 'Abd al-'Aziz's famous polemical treatise on the Twelver Shi'as and their doctrine, translated from Farsi into Arabic and then abridged by Shaykh Ghulam Ahmad al-Aslami. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Sunni-Shi'a doctrinal debate and the critique offered by traditional Sunni scholarship. This book comes to us courtesyContinue reading "Mukhtasar al-Tuhfah al-Ithna ‘Ashariyyah of Imam ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Dihlawi"
Book Review of Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Recent Book “The Jurisprudence of Jihad”
Book Review by Ewan Stein, Guardian.co.uk Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, the Egyptian-born octogenarian embraced by Ken Livingstone in 2004 and, as of 2008, excluded from the UK as a preacher of hate, has recently published a two-volume book entitled The Jurisprudence of Jihad. It is over 1400 pages long and has been received enthusiastically, and withContinue reading "Book Review of Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Recent Book “The Jurisprudence of Jihad”"
Books on Dream Interpretation
Assalamu 'alaykum, I was recently informed of a very interesting website that has collected a number of books on dream interpretation (tafsir al-ahlam) and organized them in an easy-to-find, highly accessible manner. Amongst the books included is Ibn Sirin's Tafsir al-Ahlam (although many argue about this book's attribution to the author) as well as KhalilContinue reading "Books on Dream Interpretation"
Massive Collections of Books Online: Manuscripts, PDFs, DOCs, Etc…
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim Assalamu 'alaykum, The following is a list of sites that have uploaded books in different forms. Some of them hold large collections of manuscripts. These book links were provided by Shaykh Muhammad Chothia. PDF Book Sites: http://www.waqfeya.com/index.php http://www.almaknaz.com/index.php http://www.pdfshere.com/up/index.php http://majles.alukah.net/showthread.php?p=245122 (go to top of page) In the following link you'll have to signContinue reading "Massive Collections of Books Online: Manuscripts, PDFs, DOCs, Etc…"
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