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AN ILLUMINATING DISCUSSION WITH PATRICK BOWEN ABOUT HIS NEW WORK, A HISTORY OF CONVERSION TO ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES 11/8/2017 1 Comment ​ ​Why did you write this book? What was your original inspiration?It’s somewhat of a winding story, but I think it may be...

SEXUALITY

SEXUALITY 8/21/2017 0 Comments by Hasan Azad Sexuality   Sexual fulfillment between a husband and wife is considered sacred in Islam. This is in marked contrast to Christianity, where acts of “the flesh” have historically been understood as fundamentally...

ARTS/CULTURE

THE GOD BEYOND GRASP: THEOLOGY LESSONS FROM A POPULAR QAWWALI 1/20/2021 0 Comments by Saad Ismail “Falsafi ko bahs ke andar Khuda milta nahin, Dor ko suljha raha hai, aur sira milta nahin.”“The philosopher fails to find God in his subtle debates, While he unravels the...

TECHNOLOGY

OF MEAT AND THE MEGA MACHINE 8/13/2015 0 Comments Originally published in The Islamic Monthly by Hasan Azad This age of information we live and breathe in is at its apogee. It defines all that we do. Literally, every movement we make, every place we go, every book we...

INNOVATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC GOVERNANCE

‘BAD ACTORS, BAD PLOT’—WHY THE ISIS MODEL OF AN ISLAMIC STATE WAS A FAILURE THAT OUGHT NOT TO BE REPLICATED 12/19/2017 0 Comments Joseph J. Kaminski, Assistant Professor Faculty of Business and Administration Dept. of International Relations International University...