On 16th November 2015, a few days after the Paris Terror attack, MDI’s Abdullah al Andalusi was invited to speak on a BBC radio program to provide my opinions and counterpoint my fellow guests, Douglas Murray (Henry Jackson Society, and author of ‘Neoconservatism: Why we need it’) and […]
I recently gave a lecture on October 6th, 2015, at the International Conference on “Islam, Science and Sustainable Development: Maqasid al-Shari‘ah and Humanity’s Well-being” on the topic of littering — particularly in Malaysia. I offered solutions based on a Maqasidi approach, emphasizing the concept of khalifa.
MDI Comment: In the 17th century, Protestants developed a form of study to wrestle Christianity from Catholics, this was called ‘Historical Criticism’, and attempted to seek out the true historical origins and original forms for sacred texts held by Catholicism. This was developed from 19th-20th centuries into critiquing […]
FEMINIST OR FEMININE? Do they conflict? And if so, is it for the reasons we might think? MDI’s Zara Faris be discussing this question in Birmingham next week at the Abrahamic Foundation – please come by, Friday 4th September 2015, 7pm.
“Does Morality Require a God?” This public debate was held at Warwick University, organised by the Warwick Debating Society (of the Student Union). The debate was a panel debate with each speaker giving presentations and concluding comments. The panel debate was cordial, nuanced, intricate and was well argued on both […]
The Muslim Debate Initiative 