[Part 4 of 4] 04. Legislation, a prerogative of ulama ? Our clergy insists that, rather than an elected parliament or legislature consisting of the laity, they must have the right to debate about and...
[Part 3 of 4] ‘Amruhum shūrā baynahum’ : Common Criticisms and Misconceptions In the preceding discussion, we introduced the Quran’s principle for governing a collective system of Mu...
[Part 2 of 4] Application of amruhum shūrā baynahum by the Prophet ( ﷺ ) and his Rightly Guided Caliphs ( رضي الله عنهم ) Transference of power to the Quraysh Applying this principle in a tribal syste...
[Part 1 of 4] Islam’s Principle for State Governance The fundamental principle for Islam’s desired form of governance is laid down as follows: اَمْرُھُمْ شُوْرٰی بَیْنَھُمْ. ( الشوریٰ ۴۲:...
Religion aims at moral purification of humans, so that they may render themselves eligible for an eternal life with God (Quran 87:14-17) [a] . With this aim in view, various secular matters/facts are...
Have they come into being without any agent, or are they their own creators? Or have they created the heavens and the earth? Nay, they do not have conviction (for they are blinded by doubt)! [i] (Qur&...
[Continued...] 4. How could Quantum Theory and the law of gravity necessitate a universe out of nothing? ‘To him who is a discoverer in [theoretical physics], the products of his imagination app...
[ Continued...] 2. Do fixed laws leave any room for human free will & God’s Intervention (miracles) in the Universe? ‘It is extremely dangerous to fit physical theories to a priori concept...
Dedicated to Harris, Aléa, Ibrahim, Ayaan, Aden, Hana, Zamad, Angelina, Imaan, Adam, Amina, Sophia, and all those young ones who will, sooner or later, ponder upon ultimate questions of life Pr...
One of the ‘Four Horsemen of New Atheism’, Richard Dawkins, argues that an explanation must be simpler than what it explains (1) . But when we explain the organised complexity of the unive...
