Sufism in UAE: A short history
Islam News – By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem – There are few sources that talk about the history of mysticism in the Arab Gulf states and particularly in the United Arab … Read More
Tag: Islam
Islam, Cartoons of the Prophet, and Murder
By Graham E. Fuller*| Brutal murder again by young Muslim fanatics in several European cities. Are these further cases of a “clash of civilisations?” Of western freedom of speech versus … Read More
The Political Foundations of Religious Tolerance
by Dr. Haytham Mouzahem* – The Arab Muslim world struggles today with sectarian and ideological conflicts which affect the stability and progress of the region’s states and count loss in … Read More
L’Islam au cœur du terrorisme contemporain
By Sarah Safa* — Les origines du militantisme islamiste à l’époque contemporaine peuvent être retracées depuis la période de la guerre froide, après l’invasion soviétique de l’Afghanistan comme une réponse … Read More
Valentine’s Day and the Need for Sufism
By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem* — Last week, on Valentine’s Day in Saudi Arabia, prominent cleric Ahmed Qasim al-Ghamdi — a former director-general of the “Committee for the Promotion of Virtue … Read More
THE PARADIGM OF KARBALA … THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF ISLAM
By Prof. Abdulaziz Sachedina — George Mason University — “The Soul of Islam” was in danger. This was just a few decades after the Prophet’s departure from this world in 632 C.E. … Read More
An interview with Abdulaziz Sachedina on His Life and Scholarship
By Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu (AT): AT: Thank you, Professor Sachedina for agreeing to speak to Maydan. You are a Professor of Religious Studies and a senior scholar at the Ali … Read More
Why Did the Muslim Brotherhood Fail?
By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem — First appeared on al-Mesbar Studies and Research Centre — The “Arab Spring” revolutions lent an unprecedented opportunity for the Muslim Brotherhood movement to emerge from secrecy and … Read More
Bernard Lewis, Islam and the “clash of civilizations”
By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem — Bernard Lewis, the preeminent scholar of Middle Eastern politics and Islamic history, who died on May 19, 2018, in New Jersey, after six decades of … Read More
Beyond ISIS: Will the Terror survive?
By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem* –I will try in this paper to present the more likely expected scenarios in short and will focus on two issues.First, before discussing the future of … Read More