Breaking the Cycle of Oppression

Hamza Yusuf

The tyrant in the palace and the bully on the street corner are easy to see, but spotting the tyrant within our own souls is far more challenging.

The Oneness of Being

Rosabel Ansari

By affirming multiple levels to being, Islamic scholars rejected the flattening of being and the notion that a thing either is or is not.

“Everything Other Than God Is Unreal”

Faraz Khan

A sound ontological argument would show that even without human experience of the world, pure reason itself necessarily arrives at the existence of God.

Can an Islamic Natural Theology Explain God's Silence Today?

Shabbir Akhtar

In our age of rage and reason, we must examine the implications of the God of Abraham remaining silent, even in the face of widespread rejection.

Things in Their Proper Places

Zaid Shakir

In Western philosophy, the conversation about justice has been long and winding. How has this conversation proceeded among Muslims?

Do We Mistake Our Passion for Truth with Its Possession?

Reuven Kimelman

God has given the Abrahamic family a window of opportunity to advance beyond sibling rivalry in the direction of fraternal cooperation.

The Human in the Qur’an

Zaid Shakir

How four Qur’anic aspects of humanity combine to make man a distinctive creation.

What Islam Gave the Blues

Sylviane A. Diouf

The blues is neither African nor Islamic—rather, it’s an African American creation shaped by some of the most enduring contributions of West African Muslims to American culture.

Wisdom in Pieces

Caner K. Dagli

Science, philosophy, and art have been blown apart, and our conversations have devolved into chaos. How do we begin to learn the art of disagreement?

With God on Our Side? Islam and the Question of Pluralism

Hamza Yusuf on how Islam offers space for pluralism

Hamza Yusuf