Islam

It is often asserted that Hamas wants to destroy Israel and will never come to terms with that country’s existence. To understand why Hamas’ ideological profile is actually more complicated, it is helpful to look into the organisation’s ties with the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood

The Secretary General of the Muslim World League, Muhammad al-‘Issa, was appointed to lead the main prayer at the annual pilgrimage, arousing the indignation of the Islamists. Who is al-‘Issa and why is he so controversial?

The reconquest of Afghanistan places the fundamentalist movement at a crossroads. But it also raises the issue of the West’s cultural failure and the new balance of power after America’s disengagement

Celebrations at the International Union of Muslim Scholars in Doha, invitations for tolerance in Abu Dhabi, no comment from al-Azhar. The Islamic institutions’ reactions to the new course of events in Afghanistan

Twenty years after 11 September: a conversation with Afghan professor Mohammad Hashim Kamali, an influential scholar of Islamic law

Trends of women’s Islamic activism

Traditional Islam is looked at with renewed interest and some European Muslims are seeking a religious education that follows ancestral methods

In Islamic mysticism, "classical" education is only one stage of the path. Higher education is the one that leads to hidden knowledge

Since 1992 there has been a growing need for imams and teachers of Islamic religion in the Balkans and with its training centres. And now these institutions aspire to become a point of reference also for the Muslim communities in Western Europe

The hawza 'ilmiyya is centered on the personal relationship between the master and the disciple, but over time this institution has changed and has become a center of higher education

The Justice and Charity movement of 'Abd al-Salām Yāsīn has developed a rigorous training path based on individual spiritual perfection and the historical mission of the community of believers.

A study sheds light on the texts used in Jordan for the teaching of Islam, from primary school to university