Futureislam is a non-profit academic journal devoted to projecting the true islam based on the devine revelation. http://www.futureislam.com/ futureislam.com en-us Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:22:57 +0530 Rashid Shaz@futureislam.com Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:22:56 +0530 Nazre Imam@futureislam.com FeedForAll http://www.futureislam.com/images/islam_banner1.gif http://www.futureislam.com Future Islam In the modern world which is shaped, to a great extent, by the West, we often hear of human rights, individual freedom, women’s rights, rights of children, and of religious, cultural and political freedom. But we must remind ourselves that these concepts had not come into being after the industrial revolution in the eighteenth century. Rather, in popularizing these concepts and the fact that human beings have now greater avenues for their self-expression than ever before are the results of the movements spearheaded by the prophets, and in Muhammad’s message one finds the scope for the realization of the infinite possibilities in men. Islam is not only the religion of those who call themselves Muslims in a juridical sense, but all the pious souls can take refuge in it and share in the blessings of God http://www.futureislam.com/20060111/editorial/editorial20060111.asp Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:01:13 +0530 It is great tragedy that Muslims have reified Shari’ah instead of values it is based on. One has to understand philosophy of law. No law, however exalted philosophy it is based on, can become permanent. Only the values on which these laws are based can be treated as permanent. Unfortunately Muslims, even jurists, are unable to make this important distinction. They treat Shari’ah as divine instead of principles, it is based on. Principles have been given by the Qur’an and hence are divine. http://www.futureislam.com/20060111/leaders/asgar_ali/Is_Progressive_Islam_Possible.asp Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:07:21 +0530 There is little doubt that the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, the war in Lebanon, and developments in the Palestinian territories, has lead to increase tensions in the Middle East. Our interference was seen as an attack on Islam. The daily killing in Iraq was seen as a sectarian war between Sunni and Shia. The group who promote this Sectarian war in Iraq are the same September 11 attackers. http://www.futureislam.com/20060111/leaders/abbas_alkhafaji/Misguided_Pope.asp Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:08:59 +0530 Gone are the crucial issues and questions of racism, media bias, uneven power differentials and the root problems that underlie Muslim frustration with the present global order. General slogans and blanket condemnations of the Other have become the norm instead. One can easily see where this will all lead to: In future will we see more protests, more violent and spectacular, over every slight and injury meted out to Muslims, be they deliberate or even accidental? http://www.futureislam.com/20060111/insight/abu_ismael/Ijtihad_the_Application_of_Islam_in_the_21st_Century.asp Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:09:42 +0530 “Islam has long vanished from the stage of history, and has retreated into oriental ease and repose”, were the words of the German philosopher George Friedrich Hegel in the middle of the nineteenth century. But as Martin Kramer, senior associate of the Moshe Dayan Centre at Tel Aviv University, remarks at Hegel's 'endist' predictions, "The persistent refusal of Islam to do just that remains one of the principal flaws of 'endism,' from Hegel to this day…" It's certainly true, despite emerging fifteen centuries ago, Islam features considerably in current global politics and has far from vanished. The phenomenon of movements advocating a 'revival' of seventh century Islam can be perplexing and their stated goal - an Islamic rule - lends itself to a number of possible criticisms. http://www.futureislam.com/20060111/insight/abu_ismael/Ijtihad_the_Application_of_Islam_in_the_21st_Century.asp Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:09:42 +0530 Blaming Islam and Muslims for the rise of terrorism that threatens the U.S. and the West is at the heart of the strategy developed by individuals and groups whose systemic attacks on Islam and Muslims, borne out of either ignorance or hatred, constitute the recent and painful reality : Islamophobia. http://www.futureislam.com/20060111/insight/louay_safi/Islamophobia_A_Call_to_Confronting_a_Creeping_Disease.asp Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:10:40 +0530 Progressive growth in collective rationality in the world and particularly in a Muslim society necessitates the demand for rethinking the role and the potential of human intellect in understanding the Islamic text. It is being widely asked why human intellect has not been allowed to explore all dimensions of human interests and actual reasons on which Islamic law is based. To have a progressive approach in Islamic research methodology and to integrate Islam with modern world, Islamic scholars have to deal with this problem and need to have a clear view point as to why human wisdom always fails to understand the philosophy of Islamic law, especially in social, economic and political areas. http://www.futureislam.com/20060111/insight/syed_nasir/Philosophy_of_Fiqh.asp Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:11:18 +0530 Western theories of body and mind have been mainly informed by Cartesian philosophy which is presently being challenged by various scientists. Cartesianism is one of many models that professes how human beings experience the world. In Sam Harris’s words, the history of science and religion is a human attempt towards “exploring and modifying consciousness.” At present, new technologies are on the verge of redefining the boundaries of human embodiment through the fusion of humans and machines. This paper proposes that the insights of the medieval Islamic mystic Ibn Arabi offer a way of understanding new forms of embodiment which will arise in the future. http://www.futureislam.com/20060111/insight/arthur_saniotis/Human_Non-Human_Interface_The_Emergence_of_New_Forms_of_Embodiment_in_the%20_21st_Century.asp Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:11:56 +0530