When I give lectures on Japanese culture in Turkey, I often receive the following question: “How are the Japanese so moral when they have no religion?” Continue reading Why I Translated al-Sulami’s ‘Futuwwa’ Into Japanese
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, Muslims must focus on practical applications and initiatives that reflect … Continue reading Towards Implementing an Islamic Framework in Medicine
El ritmo al que crece la tecnología, una especie de situación de carrera de la Reina Roja en la que los demás corremos para quedarnos en el sitio, nos obliga a pensar críticamente en el futuro de la biotecnología en lugar de observar pasivamente. Continue reading Clonación humana: Nuevos horizontes de la biotecnología
The pace at which technology is growing, a sort of Red Queen’s race situation where the rest of us are running to simply stay in place, behooves us to critically think about the future of biotechnology instead of passively observing. Continue reading Human Cloning: New Horizons in Biotechnology
Traversing Tradition had the great pleasure of interviewing Iman Masmoudi, the President of TŪNIQ, an ethical clothing brand applying wholistic Islamic ethics to its “sheep to shop” manufacturing cooperative. Continue reading What Does it Mean to Have Ethical Clothing?: Q&A with Iman Masmoudi
A Book Review of Ethics of Assisted Reproductive Medicine: A Comparative Study of Western Secular and Islamic Bioethics by Dr. Sharmin Islam. What is Islamic bioethics, and how does it differ in its approach to modern reproductive technology? Continue reading Ethics and Reproductive Technology
