Blog - Khaled Abou El Fadl on The Search For Beauty in Islam

THE SEARCH FOR BEAUTY
on beauty and reason in Islam

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01. June 2006

“Islam and Violence: Our Forgotten Legacy,” In Islam in Transition. Edited by John Donohue and John Esposito. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp.46

When it comes to the issue of Islam and violence, I must confess that, as a Muslim intellectual, I find myself in a bit of a bind. Islam, as expounded in the classical books of theology and law, does not bear a message of violence. In fact, salam (peace and tranquility) is a central tenet of Islamic belief, and safety and security are considered profound divine blessings to be cherished and vigilantly pursued. The absence of peace is identified in the Qur'an as a largely negative condition; it...

01. June 2006

“Introduction.” In With God on our Side: Politics and Theology of the War on Terrorism. London: Amal Press, 2005, pp. xli-xlv

By Khaled Abou El Fadl Not much time has passed between the first edition of Shattered Illusions and this substantially revised second edition, and yet in this relatively short time, so much that is de-stabilizing, deconstructive, demoralizing, and in fact down-right shattering, has taken place. At the most fundamental and basic level, so many lives have been destroyed and so many others have been denied liberty, physically assaulted and tortured that one struggles with the feeling that it is...

28. October 2003

"9/11 and the Muslim Transformation." In September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment?, Duke University Press, 2003, p. 70 - 111.

By Khaled Abou El Fadl* The Significance of 9/11 and Orphans of Modernity Several years ago, I remember seeing a picture of Bin Laden that ominously foretold the tragedy that would come in 9/11. The picture showed Bin Laden, with his typical slothful and even indifferent look, sitting gripping his Kalashinkov with neatly organized and impressive looking books filling the background. What caught my attention in this picture were the titles of books. With the help of a magnifying glass, I was...

01. March 2002

“The Orphans of Modernity and the Clash of Civilisations.” Global Dialogue, vol. 4, no. 2 (Spring 2002), pp. 1 – 16.

BY KHALED ABOU EL FADL Several years ago, I remember seeing a picture of Osama bin Laden that ominously foretold the tragedy that would come on 11 September. The picture showed bin Laden, with his typical slothful and even indifferent look, sitting while gripping his Kalashnikov with neatly organised and impressive looking books filling the background. What caught my attention in this picture were the titles of these books. With the help of a magnifying glass, I was able to figure out the...