Robin Augustin | June 4, 2018 A spokesman for the community says there is a danger when ulama influenced by Wahhabism call the shots among the religious bureaucrats. Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
By M. Cherif Bassiouni , Professor of Law | Jan 24, 2012 Islamic jurisprudence has developed over fourteen centuries. Over that span of time, various schools of jurisprudence have […]
Schools of Islamic thought (madhahib) are the paths people follow to the Noble Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad. Obviously, these schools of thought were founded considerably after the death of the Prophet; in fact, they never took shape until the time of the Umayyid Caliphate. The common phrase ahl al-sunnah wal-jama΄ah, […]
The Maliki madhab is one of the four schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It is the second-largest of the four schools, followed by approximately 25% of Muslims, mostly in North Africa and West Africa. Madhabs are not sects, but rather schools of jurisprudence. There is, technically, […]
Summary Iraq’s new parliament delayed its next session for five weeks Monday, extending the country’s political paralysis in the face of a Sunni Islamist insurgency which claimed the life of an army general on the northwestern outskirts of Baghdad. Saudi Arabia reported three shells hit the Arar area inside the […]
Summary Maliki exit path to hope Despite growing unease over his tenure by allies in the West and the region, including internal partners in Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appears as determined as ever to retain power, but his obstinacy looks to threaten the stability of the entire region and […]
There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet. Is it high time for Pakistan to correct her political and religious mistake of declaring the Ahamdi Muslims as […]