The status of “religious figures” among our common folk is revered, despite the fact that religion itself does not have clergy. Religion has prophets and
If you wish to change your life, you must change some of your habits. For a human being is a collection of habits. The essence
Reading the Sura (Chapter) of Luqman in the Quran the other day, I was struck by the instructions Luqman gave to his son. Among those
But my friend succeeded in confronting this tradition. .. she met a fellow student who was Jewish. After bickering at first, they eventually became friends. It was the first time that this Jewish student had met a Palestinian counterpart.
This insistence by some Muslims to use “Allah” instead of “God” .. in English raises a crucial question: Do Muslims really believe that there is one God.
There is no mention of the “Torment of the Grave” in the Quran; the concept is wholly based on fake “quotations” ascribed to the Prophet.
I worked as a lecturer in Arabic language and culture at the University of Birmingham in the UK. I studied and specialized in phonetics and linguistics, and later taught both subjects. My areas of interest include Arabic linguistics, Islamic discourse, and language in the media. I also worked at the University of Westminster in London and at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. Additionally, I was a broadcaster, presenter, and program producer at the BBC. Among my books are “Sounds of Recitation in Egypt: A Phonetic Study,” “Qur’anic Arabic: A Short Introduction,” and “Kitab Al-Zina in Islamic and Arabic Words by Abu Hatem al-Razi: A Linguistic Study.” I also published an anthology of short stories titled “Haram Al-Marhoum – The Wife of the Late Husband” and other books.
