Books
Just delivered to my office. Very juicy.
This book was cited in the recent debate ‘What Does the Quran Teach About The Bible? David Wood vs Shabir Ally’. I am gorging myself on it now. Review to follow inshallah… Sidney H. Griffith is Professor in the Department of… Read More ›
NT scholars who like to have their cake and eat it.
A number of extremely eminent New Testament scholars appear to make the same seemingly bizarre theological move: they practice rigorous adherence to the historical critical method which casts doubt on the historical accuracy of numerous articles of the Christian faith (for… Read More ›
Just published: ‘A guide to Islam and its position towards Al-Qaeda & ISIS’
Some Muslims were distributing this new book free of charge this afternoon at Speakers Corner. It looks very good! This book has its own dedicated website
My review of ‘Jesus, the Fake Jihadis & Evangelical Christians’
The author of this new book Muhammad Asad (not to be confused with the celebrated, and deceased, Quran translator of the same name) has produced an erudite and well written book. Asad describes his objective as ‘not to indulge in… Read More ›
On this day in 1912 – British Library in London
On this day in 1912 Edward Wilmot Blyden, a pioneer of Pan-Africanist ideas, passed away. View one of Blydon’s major works, in which he argues the positive effects of Islam in West Africa at our #BLwestafrica exhibition.
Sayyid Qutb’s book Milestones: an initial review
The very first paragraph (see below) of Milestones by Egyptian Islamist author Sayyid Qutb contains two rather extreme (even outrageous) claims, namely, that the Western world has no healthy values at all, and possess nothing at all to satisfy its own… Read More ›
Continuing my studies..
Just arrived today..
Oxford University Press Bookshop
I nearly dribbled all over my tie when I saw this…
A beautiful home library in Japan
library designed by Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo (via http://bit.ly/1JcMu61)
New Bart Ehrman book: ‘Jesus Before The Gospels’
I just came across this new post on Ehrman’s blog. It looks very interesting…
Just had these delivered (from Amazon Prime)
This book is looks extremely juicy. Edited with an introduction by top Oxford scholar Yahya Michot it defends Ibn Taymiyya against unjust accusations of extremism. It could hardly be more topical. I had to get this of course. I’m used to… Read More ›
Some juicy new reading
I have just got back from the wondrous Foyles Bookshop in Charing Cross Road, having bought two succulent gems.. St Paul: The Misunderstood Apostle has just been published, written by the celebrated religious commentator Karen Armstrong. I always appreciate her balanced… Read More ›
History of English – in just ten hilarious minutes
Learn about the influence of Shakespeare and the King James Bible on the English Language. Fascinating!
All-American Sheikh
Religious scholar Hamza Yusuf discusses the arc of Islamic civilization, the causes of Middle East conflict, and running the first Muslim liberal arts college in the United States. By Scott MacLeod © 2015 The Cairo Review of Global Affairs. As… Read More ›
Proof that fighting ISIS is an obligation upon Muslims.
The Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) constitutes the most serious threat Islam has ever faced. To justify its horrible crimes and appeal to Muslims around the world, ISIS has based its ideology on a superficial and literalist approach… Read More ›
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