In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the tragedy wasn’t so much the killing of the father; it was the son’s bad decisions that resulted in the end killing of everyone involved: the son, the uncle, and the queen! Here at Hamline University, lots of bad decisions resulted in the tragedy. It started when Erika Lopez Prater, an adjunct professor at Hamline University, showed a 14-century image of the prophet Mohammed in her art class, resulting in a professor losing, as the Times puts it, “her teaching gig”; A student lost her safety. A Muslim community leader lost his focus, and the Hamlin university lost its credential. President Fayneese Miller’s blamed the media for the assault on her institution under the rubric of academic freedom. Not exactly, as is always the case, western media framed the debate as a war between backward Islam and the Modern West binary. As a Muslim and adjunct professor who taught at Hamline.
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BOOK REVIEW: ISLAM AND GOOD GOVERNANCE, A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF IHSAN, PROFESSOR MUQTEDAR KHAN
Islam and Good Governance, A Political Philosophy of Ihsan, Book Review.
Islam and Good Governance:
A Political Philosophy of Ihsan
Professor Muhammad Abdul Muqtedar Khan is a well-established Muslim scholar who cites the hadith that Allah has commanded Ihsan in all things, in his new book Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan, and asks so why not in politics?
Ihsan: Generally, it means doing things excellently, beautifully, and charitably. In the famous hadith (record of words and actions of Muhamad), where Gabriel asks Prophet Muhamad what ihsan is, he replied that it means “to worship God as though you see Him, and if you cannot see Him, then indeed He sees you” (reported in the two canonical collections of Al-Bukhari and Al-Muslim; see also Khan 2019). Here, the meaning of worship extends beyond rituals and prayers. ” Researchgate
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BeLAhdan 1996 بالأحضان مع الأستاذ شفيع رضا، البداية والنهاية في حضارة مصر الحديثة
I cant believe that was more than 20 years ago, our 2nd show ever.. it was in Arabic though, … we had the Egyptian intellectual Shafie, Reda,(RIP) Egypt , history , development, and decline.. !
It shows the road we had traveled, thank you all for all your supports..!
This is our 2nd show we made 25 years ago ,, we had Mr Shafie (RIP), a brilliant intellect.. it is in Arabic !!
