Center for Studies in the Interpretation of Islam
The Centre’s writing on the interpretation of Islam and its intellectual questions.
I write these words while the world is preoccupied with the great epidemic caused by the pathogen known as coronavirus, which has spread widely, making many people ill…
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After the surah recounts the prophets and their communities, ending with the Hour, its nearness, its precursors and people’s condition on the Day of Resurrection, this verse mentions…
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The Prophet’s words, “Islam is built upon five”, mean five supports or foundations; another wording means five pillars or columns. He did not say Islam consists of five,…
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Alongside disputes over the concepts of community, state and homeland, Muslims were confronted by forms of political thought and their applications in government and administration that fascinated many,…
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Has the noble Qur’an, the greatest book and noblest constitution, not commanded calling to Islam and publicising its merits, confined true flourishing to those who call to it,…
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The Council of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, an organ of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, at its eleventh conference session in Manama, Bahrain, after considering the…
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The Council of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, meeting at its fifth conference session in Kuwait, after considering papers submitted by members and experts on implementing the rulings…
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I need not emphasise the elevated position of noble character in Islam, which regards it as the hoped-for fruit of all the beliefs and rulings it has brought…
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Human beings were created to know their wise Maker and follow a straight path in life. A worthy deed conforms to what the Lawgiver has prescribed and is…
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But al-Dedew said in his “clarifications”: “What I said contains neither a slip nor a single error!” He also said: “The matter is clear, with no ambiguity or…
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Hajj fulfils servitude to God, the One and Only. Hajj proclaims pure monotheism, free of every form of association and distortion. Hajj answers the great divine call.
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