Rome Archives - Dr. Jasser Auda

05 Dec 16

A visit to the Vatican City & a lecture at the Rome campus of Loyola University Chicago

In the same day, I visited the Vatican City and gave a lecture at the Rome campus of Loyola University Chicago – an American Jesuit Catholic University. I have to say that I found a stark contrast between the Jesuit values and what I saw at the Vatican! A…

24 Nov 16

A new booklet published by Tawasul Centre for Research and Dialogue Italy

How do we realise Maqasid Al-Shariah in the Shariah? A new booklet published by Tawasul Centre for Research and Dialogue Italy – Series of Islamic Jurisprudence. To be launched in Rome, next week insha Allah. Here is a summary: This booklet explores how maqāṣid al-sharī˒ah (higher purposes and intents of…

22 Nov 16

Italian translation of Lectures on the Civil State

Italian translation of lectures under the title: Lectures on the Civil State – Post-Islamism and Post-Secularism. I believe that humanity, East and West, is in need of a new definition of the relationship between religion and the state. Both extremes of the spectrum of political ideas are not moving humanity…

24 Feb 16

A Lecture on Maqasid al-Shariah, , Rome 2015

We need a Western school of Islamic law that embodies Islam’s faith and ethics.