Waqas Haque
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Ensuring Economic Justice: The Imperative of Transparency and Accountability in Zakāh Distribution
Zakāh is a foundational pillar of Islam, considered integral to the foundation of Islamic civilization to such an extent that the first Caliph Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه waged wars against those who rejected giving zakāh. It is a grave mistake to consider zakāh as merely another form of charity; zakāh is an institution and…
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Towards Implementing an Islamic Framework in Medicine
A transcript of Shaykh Amin Kholwadia’s lecture delivered in Amman, Jordan in 2017 regarding the impact of Maturidi kalam on bioethics was published this month.[1] Earlier this summer, I released an article on challenges and opportunities for Muslims to become live players in American healthcare. For the theoretical frameworks of scholars and researchers to manifest,…
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Islamic Investment in U.S. Healthcare
Medieval hospitals in the Islamic world were backed by endowments (Waqf), and the impoverished were supported through charity (Sadaqah and Zakat-ul-fitr).
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The Tarasoff Rule and Islamic Psychiatry
In this article, we will discuss the Islamic perspective on mandatory duty-to-warn laws in therapy, also known as the Tarasoff rule, based on Chaleby’s research.
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The Halal Food Industry
A Book Review of Halal Food: A History by Boğaç Ergene and Febe Armanios. As we fast through the month of Ramadan, we should pause to reflect on our relationship with what we consume.
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The Stumblings of Stoicism
The ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism has been making headway over the past decade as a new-age movement of sorts.
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The Spiritual Crisis of Man and Nature
A Book Review of Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Science and feats of engineering are parts of the solution, but will not solve the problem on their own.