Following on Professor Boaz Huss’s essay on “The New Age of Kabbalah: Kabbalah and its Contemporary Manifestations,” this essay surveys Islamic Mysticism and Neo-Sufism. It does not quite parallel the essay of Professor Huss, as it does not discuss all the contemporary manifestations of Sufism, of which there are very many. Neo-Sufism is one form...Read More

This is a topic-by-topic study about the science of Hadith written to fulfil the needs of modern college students whose medium of instruction is mainly in English. Click here to read more.Read More

Islam is based on a number of shared fundamental beliefs and practices. Nonetheless, over time, leadership disputes within the Muslim community have resulted in the formation of different branches, leading to the development of distinct religious identities within Islam. Source: European Parliament Click here to read more.Read More

Apostasy, the abandonment of Islam, can be subdivided into the act of apostasy, and its legal consequences. In Egyptian case law of the past fifty years, only the latter plays a role. The act of apostasy hardly needs to be scrutinized by the courts since it is almost never related to religious conviction, but to...Read More