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‘As If’ Reasoning: Using Maqasid al-Sharia Inappropriately, As If Islamic Civilization was the force that gave religious law tyrannical power

By: Reem Elghonimi | Date: October 20, 2025 | Truehuman.substack.com In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful I remember the scene from the film The English Patient in which a North African/Arab nurse enters a German interrogation room. The prisoner of war is an American man. First, the officers acknowledge the torture they are performing violates the Geneva…

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What Is Shariah? And What Really Happened on 9/11? Interview with UCLA Prof. Khaled Abou El Fadl

Audio archive Introduction from this interview, originally published in 2017: Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the world’s leading authorities on Islamic law and Islam, and a prominent scholar in the field of human rights. He is author of 14 books (five forthcoming) and over 50 articles on various topics in Islam and Islamic law. The Omar and…

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