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The postmodern challenge to modernity manifests itself in two separate but equally devastating, forms. One is cultural and the other is philosophical (epistemological). On the cultural front, postmodern manifestations in the form of new social movements whether in art forms,...

There is a general consensus among Islamic scholars and Muslim laymen that Islam places sovereignty in God. The Quran explicitly describes God as Al-Malik meaning sovereign and Al-Malik-ul-Mulk the eternal possessor of sovereignty. These two adjectives are also among the ninety...

Islamic Legal Advisers Are Just a Click Away From Ancient Customs By Emily Wax | The Washington Post | Saturday, July 31, 1999; Page C01 His e-mail flickering, his brain churning with 7th-century verses from the Koran, Muqtedar Khan–sporting a trim beard, Indian pajama...

Sayyid Qutb is easily one of the major architects and “strategists” of contemporary Islamic revival. Along with Maulana Maududi, the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, the revivalist movement in South Asia, and Imam Khomeini, the leader of Iran’s Islamic revolution, he...

  By Dr. Muqtedar Khan This article was published in the Islamic Horizons in 1998. This brief article is dedicated to the memory of Ibn Rushd (1128-1198). On the 800 hundredth anniversary of his death, I would like to remember the contributions of this great Muslim....