Tag: Mughal
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Shah Waliullah’s Sheltering of Ibn Taymiyya in Mughal India: A Perso-Arabic Letter on the Damscene Polymath
Shah Waliullah’s response-letter to the unity of virtues, Mu’īn al-Dīn al-Thattāī. Its contents include the banishment of doubts in the speech of Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn Ahmad bin Taymiyya al-Hanbalī, and an exposition on his virtues and his ineffable appreciation amongst the Sunnī scholars; and a refutation who of those who seek to undermine his status,…
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¿Pueden los musulmanes europeos resistirse a la asimilación?
Cualquier respuesta musulmana a la situación debe preguntarse primero cómo puede un Estado tolerar el pluralismo sin sentirse fundamentalmente amenazado. Para ello, una incursión en la historia global puede resultar valiosa…
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Can European Muslims Resist Assimilation?
The Charter of Principles of French Islam declares the religion to be compatible with France’s particular brand of secularism, laïcité, and its attendant values; in other words, it represents the subjugated and heavily privatised form of the religion that President Macron wishes to see. In January, a close advisor to Macron warned that Muslim organizations…
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Mughal India: The Role of Law in Life
The Shari’ah is best distinguished from Islamic law. Islamic law, usul-al-fiqh, consists of four separate sources: the Qur’an, Hadith, the consensus of the Islamic community and analogical reasoning.