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The personality of Abd al-Jabbar is a scholar that could be seen to have contributed much in Islamic theology and in so doing influenced many thinkers after him to develop inter-religious competition in trying to question the Christianity’s basic tenets such as the Incarnation and Trinity in relation to the divinity of Christ. Abd al-JabbarContinue reading “Abd al-Jabbar: A scholar of a great repute”

The debates and arguments among Christian, Islamic and Jewish religions as articulated by Hoyland is quite an eye opener for anyone who is yet to discover the value of scripture, tradition, and corresponding dialectical reasoning and logic. They both prove to us the reality of faith and reason in every religious activity. The debates betweenContinue reading “The beauty of scripture, tradition, and dialectical reasoning in religious debate.”

The consequences of falling from Divine grace One thing I have come to understand through this article is that God or Christ can allow anything to happen to His followers as a way of showing His dissatisfaction over our attitude. The Arab invasion and raid of Christianity and attack on Christians, according to Sophronius wasContinue reading

While Shari’a laws are antithetical to nationalism, they project and express coherent pluralism , unity, peace , equality, mutual respect, equal opportunities,relationality, and others, one can easily, on this ground identifies them with natural law which among other things is emphasizing on the common good. However, what I don’t seem to understand is whether Shari’aContinue reading “Shari’a laws viz-a-viz natural law”

One of the major ideologies of shi’ites is such a belief that a religious leader is a political leader. The idea which arose from the belief that to establish an order in Islamic order, there should be a divine guidance. To this end, the shi’ites believe that those who belong and are related to theContinue reading “Religious leader is a political leader”

The issue of the origin and the evolution of the Islamic law and the root from which it is founded is thought provoking as I did not see any yardstick or the root cause of determining the cumulative doctrine. In trying to differentiate doctrinal schools from the personal schools of thought, certain characteristics of theContinue reading “The matters arising”

The inseparability of Muhammad and the Qur’an is one of the fundamental issues that thinkers and scholars of the modern and contemporary time have been grappling with. There is no gainsaying that it has divided these scholars. Some are in favor of the standpoint that the Qur’an is a possible text through which we canContinue reading “The proof of the inseparability of Muhammad and the Qur’an: A hard kernel to Crack.”

a My observation in the reading of Hadith and Sunni is that what the Code of canon law does for the church, that is, Catholic church. They share views as both of them contain moral and legal laws which are for the ordering of the religious activities and the regulation of the lives of theContinue reading “Hadith versus Code of Canon Law”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”