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Islam’s Compatibility with Democracy

Two extremely different groups, one from the West and one from the Muslim World, have been arguing vehemently that Islam and Democracy are incompatible. On one hand, some western scholars and ideologues have tried to present Islam as an anti-democratic and inherently...
Posted On Apr 11 2001
, By Dr. Muqtedar Khan
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US Must be Firm but Fair with China

This article was published in the Detroit Free Press on April 5th, 2001. A different and much longer version was published in Iviews.com on April 3rd, 2001. President George W. Bush is acting like a spoiled child, hurling insults toward China in an effort to get his high-tech...
Posted On Apr 05 2001
, By Dr. Muqtedar Khan
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US Mid-East Policy takes turn for the Worse

Most foreign analysts believe that change in American Foreign policy is exceptionally rare. Even when there is a major ideological transition, such as the one from Clinton to Bush, foreign analysts believe that change would be minimal. A Pakistani diplomat recently remarked, “I...
Posted On Mar 29 2001
, By Dr. Muqtedar Khan

Postmodernity and the Crisis of Truth

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,...
Posted On Jan 21 2000
, By Dr. Muqtedar Khan
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Sovereignty in Islam and Human Agency

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...
Posted On Dec 30 1999
, By Dr. Muqtedar Khan

The Mufti In the Chat Room

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...
Posted On Jul 31 1999
, By Dr. Muqtedar Khan

A Fresh look at Syed Qutb’s Milestones

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...
Posted On Jan 21 1999
, By Dr. Muqtedar Khan
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Ibn Rushd the King Philosopher

  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....
Posted On Oct 21 1998
, By Dr. Muqtedar Khan
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