Critical insights on Islam
Critical insights on Islam
Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb, more correctly written Dār al-Islām and Dār al-Ḥarb, are two categories of classical Islamic jurisprudence that help explain why the slogan “Islam is a religion of peace” is far more ambiguous than it appears. Many…
We often hear muslims “teach” us about the meaning of the islamic head scarf (or veil) that islam demands women wear. On one hand we have several imams claiming that the veil stands for modesty, while on the other hand…
Qur’an 4:24 and the hadith on Awtas are examined to show how classical Islamic doctrine regulated sexual access to female prisoners of war, including married captives, slavery and coitus interruptus.
