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Islamic Perspectives on Abortion

Current Status of Abortion: Categories ABORTION IS THE termination of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo from the womb, before it can survive on its own. An abortion which occurs spontaneously is known as a “miscarriage.” An abortion may be initiated…

F-R-E-E-D-O-M!

I WONDER IF the all-caps, hyphenated form of the word does it the same justice as Mel Gibson’s holler at the end of Braveheart. Indeed, freedom is quite the weighty word. And however philosophers, linguistic scholars, and lawmakers have defined it, it…

Regulations on Divorce: Biblical Perspectives vs. the Qur’anic Program (4)

WE CONCLUDE FROM Part 3 the details of Qur’anic divorce regulations, showing how they better serve the individual and society than do their Biblical counterpart. Remarriage for the Widow and the Widower: Permission for One vs. Permission for Both The Old Testament…

A Spiritual Swelling Up: The Concluding Ayahs of Surat Al-Tawbah

Two Attitudes Allah, Most High, says: And, again, whenever a surah like this one is sent down exposing the hypocrites, then some of them say in denial and derision to the others: Which of you has this surah increased in faith? Yet…

Regulations on Divorce: Biblical Perspectives vs. the Qur’anic Program (3)

IN PARTS 1 and 2 we looked at the sparse representation of regulations on divorce in the Judeo-Christian Bible (Old Testament and New Testament). Their marriage is based upon faithfulness of the man and the woman to each other, and divorce is…

The Problem of Celibacy in Catholicism

Then We sent following upon their traces, [many more of] Our messengers. And We followed [them] up with Jesus, son of Mary. So We gave him the Evangel [as a Heavenly Book]. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed…

“Did a Woman Edit the Qur’an?” | Zainab bint Younus

THE ARTICLE: DID a Woman Edit the Qur’an? Hafsah and Her Famed Codex, by Ruqayyah Y Khan (published in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion: http://jaar.oxfordjournals.org/content/82/1/174.full) has garnered some attention as being daring and revolutionary in the field of Muslim feminist Qur’anic…

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Islamic Perspectives on Abortion

F-R-E-E-D-O-M!

Regulations on Divorce: Biblical Perspectives vs. the Qur’anic Program (4)

A Spiritual Swelling Up: The Concluding Ayahs of Surat Al-Tawbah

Regulations on Divorce: Biblical Perspectives vs. the Qur’anic Program (3)

The Problem of Celibacy in Catholicism

“Did a Woman Edit the Qur’an?” | Zainab bint Younus

Regulations on Divorce: Biblical Perspectives vs. the Qur’anic Program (2)

Food Matters – When Less Is More (1)

A Bittersweet Homecoming | Sumayyah Meehan