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Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (17)

Sunday 15-03-2026 05:09 PM

Ijtihad: A Neglected Obligation! After centuries of restriction, ijtihad in the public consciousness has become synonymous with adventure, sometimes with transgression, and in some ...

Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (16)

Tuesday 10-03-2026 05:09 PM

Why Was the Gate of Ijtihad Closed? If the transformation of jurisprudence into an instrument of power narrowed the space for opinion, the next step was even more dangerous: the suffocation of ...

Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (15)

Tuesday 10-03-2026 05:06 PM

When Jurisprudence Became an Instrument of Power In its early beginnings, Islamic jurisprudence was born as a human endeavor to understand the text and as a response to the needs of a ...

Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (14)

Sunday 08-03-2026 05:54 PM

The Umayyad and Abbasid Eras… Intellectual Flourishing or Political Restriction? When we move from the era of Prophethood and the Rightly Guided Caliphate to the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, ...

Abdelrahim Ali

The Battle to Break the Will… Will It End the War?

Sunday 08-03-2026 01:37 PM

Since yesterday, Saturday, March 7, the United States and Israel have opened the second week of the war against Iran with a new model—or round—of fighting that can be described as a “battle to break ...

Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (13)

Saturday 07-03-2026 05:20 PM

The Dhimma Pact… in the Custody of History The “Dhimma pact” is among the concepts most frequently misused in debates about Islam, freedom of expression, and coexistence. Between those who ...

Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (12)

Saturday 07-03-2026 05:15 PM

Umar ibn al-Khattab… Justice in Governance or Suppression of Peoples? Few figures have been invoked in the political and religious debate over freedom of opinion in Islam as frequently as the ...

Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (11)

Thursday 05-03-2026 05:43 PM

When Did the Crisis of Freedom Begin? From the Text to the State… If the Qur’anic text established freedom, and the Prophetic experience embodied it in practice, then the question ...