Dr. Jasser Auda
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Tag: Women and Islam

Interested in Islam, Got Questions

Question:  Salam.I have been interested in Islam as a whole and also in its main branches Sunni and Shiite, though I find some things that I cannot stop thinking about, and it prevents me from the true worship of God and following one branch of Islam.My questions make a long list.

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Any Friendship Between Muslims and Other Groups?

Question:     *{O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: they are but friends and protectors to each other. And he among you that turns to them for friendship is of them.}* (Al-Ma’idah 5:51)This friendship makes any Muslim an enemy of their own and deserving of the same fate as the unbeliever.

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Classification of Islamic Trends

Current media coverage studies on Islam and Muslim societies and communities, especially on what is called 'political Islam' or 'Islamists', typically mention these terms: fundamentalist, strict, radical, moderate, progressive, and so on. These media reports draw from a large number of contemporary studies that offer 'typologies of Islamic ideologies.'

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