Category: Dr. Ahmad’s blog
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Interview with Panjereh on Islamophobia
[We were recently interviewed by Panjereh on the phenomenon of Islamophobia. Here are the questions and answers: Q- What are the main aims of the US and West from Islamophobia? A. Islamophobia is not an official strategy of the U.S. government nor, I believe, of Western governments in general, even though it has been effective…
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IIIT Panel on the Jurisprudence of Minorities
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON IFTAA AND FATWA IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST: THE CHALLENGES OF AUTHORITY, LEGITIMACY AND RELEVANCE #11 [This is the eleventh in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on iftaa and fatwa held in Herndon, VA. These notes are raw material…
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Shuratic Iftaa: the Challenge of Fatwa Collaboration
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON IFTAA AND FATWA IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST: THE CHALLENGES OF AUTHORITY, LEGITIMACY AND RELEVANCE #10 [This is the tenth in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on iftaa and fatwa held in Herndon, VA. These notes are raw material…
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Is There an Islamic Bioethics?
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON IFTAA AND FATWA IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST: THE CHALLENGES OF AUTHORITY, LEGITIMACY AND RELEVANCE #8 [This is the eighth in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on iftaa and fatwa held in Herndon, VA. These notes are raw material…
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Iftaa in an Age of Diversity, Religious Pluralism and Democracy
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON IFTAA AND FATWA IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST: THE CHALLENGES OF AUTHORITY, LEGITIMACY AND RELEVANCE #7 [This is the seventh in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on iftaa and fatwa held in Herndon, VA. These notes are raw material…
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Islam and the Political Theology of Blasphemy
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON IFTAA AND FATWA IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST: THE CHALLENGES OF AUTHORITY, LEGITIMACY AND RELEVANCE #6 [This is the sixth in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on iftaa and fatwa held in Herndon, VA. These notes are raw material…
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Al Qushairi’s Fatwa, His Risala & Their Implications for Intra-Islamic Dialogue
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON IFTAA AND FATWA IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST: THE CHALLENGES OF AUTHORITY, LEGITIMACY AND RELEVANCE #5 [This is the fifth in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on iftaa and fatwa held in Herndon, VA. These notes are raw material…
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Syria: The Changing Diplomatic Picture
I was interviewed by Russia Today, along with the Heritage Foundation‘s Ariel Cohen, on the increasing diplomatic pressure on Syria because of Bashar Asad’s continuing violence against his people and their expression of a desire for a more democratic future. The substance of my comments are summarized below. If the U.S. were to overtly call…
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Ramadan Reflection: A Lesson from an Interfaith Friendship
One of the justifications for interfaith dialog is that in contemplating the religion of others one gets insights into one’s own. At the funeral of a dear Christian friend last month I had an insight so profound that both Christians and Muslims with whom I have shared it have insisted that I must write it…
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Fatwa in the Era of Globalization
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON IFTAA AND FATWA IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST: THE CHALLENGES OF AUTHORITY, LEGITIMACY AND RELEVANCE #3 [This is the third in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on iftaa and fatwa held in Herndon, VA. These notes are raw material…
