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When the Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi passed through the Balkan city of Plovdiv in 1650, he pulled out all the organ stops of Ottoman panegyric to describe this ‘mighty city.’ He counted ...

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In the immediate aftermath of the election of Joseph Ratzinger to the Papacy, Muslim reactions to the new… The post Benedict XVI and Islam: the first year first appeared on masud.co.uk .

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This article first appeared in Q-News, the Muslim magazine, www.q-news.com. On September 11th our lives changed forever. We witnessed… The post 9/11: A Time for Introspection first appeared o...

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© Nuh Ha Mim Keller 1995 I began translating Reliance of the Traveller in Jordan, out of personal need for… The post What did you set out to do when you began translating the Reliance of the...

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I would respond by looking to see how traditional ulama or Islamic scholars have viewed it. For the… The post How would you respond to the Claim that Sufism is bid’a? first appeared on masud...

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The word salafi or “early Muslim” in traditional Islamic scholarship means someone who died within the first four hundred years… The post Who or what is a Salafi? Is their approach valid?...

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Which of the four orthodox madhhabs has the most developed fiqh for Muslims living as minorities? My first… The post Which of the four orthodox madhhabs has the most developed fiqh for Muslims ...

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The literal sense of being “in the sky” would mean that Allah is actually in one of His… The post Is it permissible for a Muslim to believe that Allah is in the sky in literal sense? first...

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Any Muslim can benefit from reading hadiths from al-Bukhari and Muslim, whether on his own or with others.… The post Would you advise individuals to study hadith from al-Bukhari and Muslim on t...

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Allah says in the Qur’an, Men are caretakers (qawwamuna) of women, because of that through which Allah has… The post What is the meaning of qawwamuna as used in Surat al-Nisa’, verse 34? f...

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