Muhammad Khalid Masud Fiqh al-aqalliyat, translated as “jurisprudence of minorities”, is a fast growing new subject that will impact quite significantly the future of Muslims living in the West. Presently, more than one third of the Muslim population of the world is living as minorities in non-Muslim countries. The situation has posed challenges not only …
Past & Present Umayr Sahlan Masud (The article was published in dCIDOB 109. and can be found here ) The events of September 11, 2001 resulted in a resurgence of interest in culture and identity moving religion to the center stage. Muslim countries have since been increasingly under the spot light set off by the …
Muhammad Khalid Masud The significant contribution of the legal and religious traditions towards the ideas of human dignity, justice, individual accountability, protection of basic rights, rule of law, ratiocination and freedom of consciousness cannot be overstressed. Arguably, it is the legal and social constructions in these areas that paved the way for the monumental progress …
