وَٱللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِى ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚ فَمَا ٱلَّذِينَ فُضِّلُوا۟ بِرَآدِّى رِزْقِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌ ۚ أَفَبِنِعْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ God has given some of you more provision than others. Those who have been given more are unwilling to pass their provision on to the slaves they possess so that they […]
Tag Archives: Racism
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Sep
Sep
The following is an excerpt from The End of Education by the culture critic Neil Postman (1931-2003). We covered other works by Postman in Al-Andalus Book Club, including Amusing Ourselves to Death and Technopoly. In this particular book, Postman reflects on the state of public education in the United States, which can arguably apply across the world […]
07
Jun
Jun
Malek Bennabi (1905-1973) was an Algerian sociologist and philosopher. His incisive writing on the sociological conditions of the Muslim world made him into a second coming of sorts of the Twelfth Century Muslim scholars and pioneer in sociology Ibn Khaldūn (1332-1406). In a series of publications under the title The Problems of Civilization, Bennabi examines the […]
03
Oct
Oct
I usually reserve book discussions and reviews for Andalus Book Club. However, in this episode, I chose to go through a particular book, “Radical Skin, Moderate Masks” by Yassir Morsi, because it’s a good representation of how a new generation of Muslim activists and Muslims in academia are thinking about the world and our place […]
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Feb
Feb
Free speech is an often-invoked principle to justify vitriolic and hateful rhetoric against racial and religious groups. However, the philosophical argument for free speech does not necessarily support the form in which the principle of free speech is being invoked in these cases. Furthermore, current research suggests that the issue here is not about the […]