The evolution of modern Islamic fundamentalism is often traced through a lineage of thinkers and organizations that transitioned from social reform to political revolution and eventually to globalized militancy. At the heart of this progression is t
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Shaykh al-Islam Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Halim ibn 'Abd al-Salam al-Harrani (Ibn Taymiyyah, 1263–1328 CE / 661–728 AH) was one of the most influential and controversial Muslim scholars in history. Born in Harran, in what is now modern Turkey, h
When we think of the foundations of modern science, mathematics, and philosophy, our minds often jump to the European Renaissance. But what if the story starts centuries earlier? What if the intellectual bedrock for that “rebirth” was meticulously la
When Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah celebrates a goal by prostrating in gratitude on the pitch, or when fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad competed for the United States wearing a hijab at the Olympics, the world witnesses a powerful intersection of faith and
In the global discourse on Islam, few symbols are as potent, politicised, and profoundly misunderstood as the hijab. For many non-Muslims, the simple piece of cloth worn by millions of women is seen as an emblem of oppression, a barrier to integratio
The relationship between Islam and democracy is one of the most keenly debated and widely misunderstood subjects in the modern political landscape. To many in the West, the two concepts appear as oil and water—one rooted in divine revelation, the oth
