I write these words in a very posh neighborhood of Chicago with street names such as Cherokee Road, Indian Tree Drive and Blackhawk Road. It’s a white/Jewish area with a 0.18% Native American population (source). This was once Indian territory. So… Read More ›
Part of the intellectual effort required to effectively communicate the truths of Islam in the West (such as Tawhid) is to understand the important intellectual currents that invisibly permeate Western culture. One such current is to be found in the… Read More ›
Did you know? Criminal law in the Middle East today was shaped by the Ottoman Criminal Code of 1858, which was issued as part of the failing Ottoman Empire’s efforts to imitate its European rivals. The Code was little more… Read More ›
Dante Alighieri In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost. artwork by Gustav Dore
The “Only Democracy” in the Middle East, Israel, has had 16 lawmakers introduce a bill that would effectively ban women from wearing shawls at the Western Wall, from reading Torah at the Western Wall and from other religious practises. Haaretz… Read More ›
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