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02 Mar 13

CILE 1st International Conference

The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) cordially invites you to attend its 1st International Conference: “ Arts and Politics from an Ethical Perspective: Critical Questions” How can Islamic Ethics reform Politics and advance Arts?

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

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…

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

23 Aug 12

We Need an Ethical Revolution Introductory Speech by Dr. Jasser Auda

أقرأ The first international conference of the Research Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) was held in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday March 9th. 2013. The conference was entitled “Arts and Politics from an Islamic Perspective: Critical Questions” and was the first international conference organized by CILE, a…