The Judicial System in Islam (part 1 of 2): Introduction

        Man is a social being by nature.  He cannot live perpetually on…

A Brief History of Islam (part 5 of 5): The Caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan

Election of Uthman Umar ibn Al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam, was stabbed by a Persian…

A Brief History of Islam (part 4 of 5): The Caliphate of Abu Bakr and Umar

        With the death of Muhammad, the Muslim community was faced with the…

A Brief History of Islam (part 3 of 5): The Conquest of Mecca

        The Constitution of Medina – under which the clans accepting Muhammad as…

A Brief History of Islam (part 2 of 5): The Hijrah

        After Muhammad had preached publicly for more than a decade, the opposition…

A Brief History of Islam (part 1 of 5): The Prophet of Islam

        In or about the year 570 the child who would be named…

Elevation of Women’s Status (part 5 of 5): Conclusion

        Now, I would like to make one final comment and then I’ll…

Elevation of Women’s Status (part 4 of 5): Equal yet Different

        So in this verse, we find that the social contract between men…

Elevation of Women’s Status (part 3 of 5): A Core Difference

        Let us take it to another step, what is the aim of…

Elevation of Women’s Status (part 2 of 5): Between Two Extremes

        This is the tradition that the West inherited and thereafter we find…