America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would

The Qur’an describes Muslims committed to its mores as “a moderate nation,” and that sense of balance qualifies them to stand as “witnesses over humanity” (Q 2:143). Contemporary Muslims revel in this assertion, especially when it seems that “Islam” proposes

By Abdullah bin Hamid Ali 20, October, 2014 The words ‘Kalām’ and ‘Qur’ān’ are very closely related terms. In their original legal applications they are distinct in meaning. But in another way they are synonymous. In other words, the word ‘Kalām’ is

By Abdullah bin Hamid Ali 21, October, 2014 Abu Hanifa says in Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar about the qualities of God: “He has a hand, a face, and a self. So what He, High is He, mentions in the Qur’an of the mention of

By Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali Translated by Abdullah bin Hamid Ali With the Name of Allah, All-Compassionate, All-Merciful All praise is due to Allah, The Initiator, The Repeater, The Doer of whatever He wants, The Possessor of the Glorious Throne and the Powerful