Oasis 21

Introduction to Classics

Jamâl al-Dîn al-Afghânî, founder of modern public opinion in Egypt, and his disciple Muhammad ‘Abduh, a critic of al-Azhar’s “filth,” introduced a new approach: looking at Islam as one unitary whole and overcoming sectarian differences by returning to its origins

Islamic reformism in South Asia is a complex reality that aims to transform individuals and society, but with different methods

The history and doctrine of a movement that was born four hundred years ago

The issue of “women’s liberation” reveal how the secular and the religious have shared out the space in Moroccan society

A woman who works alone in an office with a male colleague should breastfeed him five times until satiation, in accordance with Islamic law. The heated debate that has raged shows the complex nature of the relationship between modernity and tradition in the Arab Muslim world

Since the arrival of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, a (never totally extinguished) debate has flared up again in Egypt regarding Islam and its role in society and the state

The apocalyptic tradition has marked the various phases of Islamic history since its inception until the decisive leap of quality taken by the Islamic State of Al-Baghdadi

The Middle East that was conceived after the Great War no longer exists: those states have disintegrated and their societies have been wounded almost irremediably

Al-Jâhiz and al-Ghazâlî's reflection on doubt