Editor, Author at Dr. Jasser Auda

11 Feb 13

Against Islamophobia and Islamic Extremism

The Role of Universal Principles There is mutual reinforcement and great many interesting similarities between views expressed by Islamophobes and Islamic extremists. The following passages propose that it is necessary for sound scholarship to defy, both, Islamophobes and Islamic extremists via a balanced position that is based on widely-accepted universal

11 Feb 13

Islam & Development

With a 2004 estimate of 1.48 billion followers, Islam is the religion of roughly 23 percent of the world’s population (based on CIA Fact Sheet 2004). Most Muslims live in the region that extends from North Africa to South East Asia, but Muslim minorities across Europe and the Americas are…

11 Feb 13

A Critique of Abrogation of Rulings

This article critiques the concept of abrogation of rulings (Naskh al-Ahkaam) as applied in the literature of Islamic jurisprudence and exegesis. As such, it surveys the subject of abrogation (Naskh) in the Quran, Hadith and Islamic literature. The article illustrates that the concept of abrogation of rulings was introduced after the Prophetic…

11 Feb 13

?Could Today’s UK be a ‘Land of Islam’

What is the ‘Land of Islam’? One of the main concepts that shape Muslim minorities’ worldview and lifestyle is the concept of ‘Muslim countries’, or in other expressions, the ‘Islamic World’ or the ‘Land of Islam’. This concept has a great impact on the ‘contextualisation’ of Muslims in the west…

11 Feb 13

The Prophetic Deliberation and its Implications on The Absolute

Deliberation (Ijtihad) is a necessary practice for Scriptural interpretation and juridical analogy. However, there is a difference of opinion among jurists as to whether deliberation was practiced by the Prophet, himself. The majority of jurists approved the idea of Prophetic deliberation but had several different opinions about its scope and…

11 Feb 13

Aisha’s Critique of Authentic Hadith Content via Quranic Universals

TEXT ------------ PLEASE DOWNLOAD PDF FOR FULL VERSION --------------- This paper approaches the relationship between the Quran and Sunnah from the angle of using the Quranic universals to critique the content (matn) of hadith narrations. Aisha Bint Abu Bakr, the Mother of the Believers, gave us a strong example and…

11 Feb 13

How much of a ‘Land of Islam’ is Today’s Europe? A Study in the Classic Jurisprudence

Abstract This article is a re-examination of the concept of ‘land of Islam’ in the fiqh (understanding) of the classic schools of the Islamic jurisprudence. The objective is to understand the criteria that jurists use for rendering a certain land to be a ‘Land of Islam’. The study reveals that…

10 Jan 13

Call to renew the interpretation of the Koran

Newly established Center for the Study of Islamic law and ethics in Qatar, than raising the amount of attention Islamic behaviors applications. Christoph Dreyer in dialogue with Jasser Auda, deputy director of the Center for the Study of Islamic legislation and ethics in Qatar. Started the Center for the Study…

27 Dec 12

Islamic Thought: An Approach to Reform (Book Review)

Book Title: Islamic Thought: An Approach to Reform - Author: Taha Jabir Al-Alwani - Translator: Nancy Riberts - Publisher: The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) - Year of Publication: 2006

27 Dec 12

A Blessed Life and a Continuous Impact

In his well-known book, Al-Hikam(Words of Wisdom), sheikh Ahmad ibn `Ataa'illah as-Sakandari says: How often has a long life brought about so little, and how often has a short life brought about so much. If someone’s life is blessed, he will reach, in a short time, bounties from Allah that cannot…