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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...

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...

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...

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....