Archive for 'Islamic Civilisation'
Mustafa Abdul Jalil and the Great Sharia Divide
In his first speech to the people of Tripoli, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the interim leader of Libya’s National Transitional Council announced his vision for a post-Gaddafi Libya: “We are seeking to establish a state government by law and [...]
America and the Caliphate: Past & Present
In the International arena today, America continues to project itself as the lone unrivaled global power. Despite its ailments and suffering economy, and the setbacks in its decade long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it continues [...]
Realising a Caliphate
A recent piece in the Economist entitled “Dreaming of a Caliphate” investigates how some thinkers are struggling with the concept of Islamic rule in the “modern” age where it appears the only acceptable polity is that [...]
Comparative Politics: Between the Caliphate and Chinese Political Thought
Here it seems useful to refer to Chinese political thought for triangulation. In Chinese political thought, the rule is classified into Dézhì, or rule by virtue of Rújiā, Confucian school, and Fǎzhì, or rule by law, [...]
The Caliphate as the Rule of Law
A famous German legal philosopher Gustav Radbruch (d.1949) pointed out that the law has 3 mutually contradicting elements, Gleichheit (justice), Zweckmäßigkeit (purposiveness or effectiveness) and Rechtssicherheit (legal certainty), but the most fundamental is the legal certainty. [...]
Islamic Polity of Caliphate as the Organ of True Globalism, and the falsity of Nationalism
Globalism and universalism is essential for Islamic politics, because Allah is not the Lord of any certain country but the Lord of the earth, thus Tawhid (uniqueness of Allah) requires the acceptance of oneness of the [...]
The Rochdale Grooming Case Confronted
A well articulated and thought provoking piece of writing. I agree, th
An open letter to Rashid al Ghannouchi
Yazaak Allahu khayran.
The Politics of Tribulation
the problem with the ikhwan movement is lack of ideological premises,
An open letter to Rashid al Ghannouchi
I think the ending would have been much better if the writer avoided t
Atheism in the dock
Mr Badar, I agree with you entirely that atheism has many problems;