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Circles of Remembrance: The Halveti-Jerrahis of Toronto, in Sufism in Canada, eds. G. Mercier-Dalphond and M. S. Xavier (University of British Columbia Press, 2025) – Atif Khalil

Every Saturday in Toronto, members of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order gather at the Canadian Sufi Cultural Centre on 270 Birmingham Street for an evening of remembrance (dhikr), prayer, spiritual instruction, and communion. 2 Although the main nucleus of attendees is made up of first- and second-generation Canadians of Turkish descent, the lodge, or dargah as they […]

Book Review: Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī. – Mukhtar H Ali

Few works in Arabic literature have exerted simultaneous command of the heart, intellect, and tongue as powerfully as Nahj al-balāgha. Celebrated not only for its rhetorical brilliance but also for its enduring spiritual and moral insight, after the Quran it stands as one of the most profound treasuries of guidance in the Islamic tradition. Origins and […]

Playing God and the Ethics of Divine Names – Qaiser Shahzad

The notion of “playing God” frequently comes to the fore in discussions of bioethics, especially in religious contexts. The phrase has always been analyzed and discussed from Christian and secular standpoints. Two interpretations exist in the literature. The first takes “God” seriously and “playing” playfully. It argues that this concept does not state a principle […]

The Importance of Sports in Islam and Ethics – Metin Bayram

İslâm dini, insanın hem ruh hem de beden sağlığını önemseyen, dolayısıyla ruh ve beden eğitimine değer veren, bu konuda birçok hüküm belirleyen bir dindir. Buna göre insanın ruh eğitimi ve sağlığı önemli olduğu gibi, beden sağlığı ve beden eğitimi de oldukça önemlidir. bu çalışmada özel olarak beden eğitimi konusunda İslâmî kaynaklarda geçen bilgileri bir araya […]

The Naqshbandiyya Mujaddidiyya in China – Rian Thum

The Naqshbandiyya Mujaddidiyya order is among the world’s largest and most geographically widespread Sufi orders, but it has long been assumed to be absent among Chinese-speaking Muslims. Despite a handful of isolated references to local Chinese Mujaddidī groups in studies of particular communities, comprehensive histories of Chinese Islams make no mention of the Mujaddidiyya, and […]

The Problem of Sufism By Richard McGregor

Anyone visiting the modern city of Cairo will surely be struck with the impression that medieval Egypt, and particularly the capital city of the Mamluk empire, remains close at hand. In fact, it remains literally at arm’s length through its monumental architecture, its ordering of the cityscape, and even its design aesthetic that in the […]

Justice & Islamic Law: Mazalim Courts and Legal Reform Summary By Jonathan Brown

By Jonathan Brown In the 2010 film adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express—star-studded and far outshining the novel—Poirot discovers that the train’s passengers had planned and carried out the execution of a man who had murdered a child, but whom the court had somehow failed to convict. Poirot’s esteem for the rule of law is passionate. […]

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