Odyssey to The City of Light: A Tale of Struggle & Conviction
Adnan Abbasi Adnan Abbasi is currently pursuing Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree majoring in Social and Political Science from Ahmedabad University. He is a Writing Fellow at Students for Liberty’s Fellowship for Freedom in India. The poem delves into deep discourse around political philosophy, justice, and Islamic principles. Primarily, it portrays a metaphorical clash of […]
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN A MULTI-RELIGIOUS SOCIETY: THE NIGERIAN SITUATION
Kazeem, O. OLANIYAN, Ph.D, Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Visiting Professor, College of Law, Fountain University, Osogbo, Nigeria. Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. ILN Nigeria Fellow Visit ILN Fellows INTRODUCTION. It is believed that freedom of religion should be one of the basic rights and […]
How to talk about terrorism committed by Muslims
Mohammed Amin is Chairman of the Islam & Liberty Network Council. He is writing in a personal capacity. At the end of my article “Why does Islam have such a terrible reputation?” I promised that my next ILN post would answer the question “What can we, as individual Muslims who care about the reputation of […]
<strong>The Relevance of Iqbal’s New Year’s Prayer for the Classical Liberals of 21st Century</strong>
Author : Adnan Abbasi is currently pursuing Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree majoring in Social and Political Science from Ahmedabad University. He is a Writing Fellow at Students for Liberty’s Fellowship for Freedom in India. January 1st, 1938, just a few days before his death, Allama Iqbal prayed to God for all humanity. In his prayer, […]
Why does Islam have such a terrible reputation?
Mohammed Amin is Chairman of the Islam & Liberty Network Council. He is writing in a personal capacity. Grammatically, Islam is an abstract noun. Logically, Islam’s reputation should be determined by people evaluating the ideas constituting Islam and deciding what they think of those ideas. However, the world does not work that way. In practice, […]
The Prayer Must Be Free
Author : Adnan Abbasi is currently pursuing Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree majoring in Social and Political Science from Ahmedabad University. He is a Writing Fellow at Students for Liberty’s Fellowship for Freedom in India. The origin of human beings in Islam is an interesting story, quite like the ones found in Christianity and Judaism, […]
Why Governments Regulate Religion ?
Why Governments Regulate Religion ? Author: Bugra Kalkan* Even in pluralistic Western Europe countries governments cannot resist to regulate religious affairs. The obvious result of these regulations is the monopolization of the religions. In developed liberal democracies, such as Western Europe, religious pluralism is under surveillance in highly regulated religious markets. Especially the dominant religion […]
Western Muslims and the Future of Islam
Western Muslims and the Future of Islam Western Muslims and the Future of Islam. By Tariq Ramadan.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 0-19-517111-X (hbk). Review doi: 10.1558/CIS.v2i1.117Book reviewed by Ron GeavesThis review is published by Equinox Publishing in 2008. Tariq Ramadan is one of the most eloquent voices calling for an Islamic commitment that is […]
The Islamic Jesus How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims
The Islamic Jesus How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims by Mustafa Akyol is a Muslim’s look at Jesus in both a historical and religious sense. Akyol studied political science at Bogazici University in Istanbul. […]
The Individual Freedom of Choice and Tolerance in the Quran
The Individual Freedom of Choice and Tolerance in the Quran Author: Azhar Aslam This article is published in the “Islamic Foundations of a Free Society”, Institute of Economic Affairs, 2016. You can download the whole book from here: Islamic foundations for a Free Society (pdf) Consensus opinion suggests that the philosophies of individualism and liberalism […]
