"What is the Qur'an?" Paid Members Public
“What is the Qur’an?” ما هو القرآن؟ A Moroccan Intellectual’s Critique Of the Qur’an’s Ethical Teachings By Rev. Bassam M. Madany On 24 July 2009, I posted on this website an article on the necessity for a New Hermeneutic of the Qur’an (*). Muslim reformists consider
Toward Understanding the Turmoil in Islamic Lands Paid Members Public
Toward Understanding the Turmoil in Islamic Lands By Rev. Bassam M. Madany A Review and Commentary on three works by Bernard Lewis “The Multiple Identities of the Middle East” 1 “The Political Language of Islam” 2 “What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response” 3 Needless to say, the
The Trinity and Christian Missions to Muslims Paid Members Public
The Trinity and Christian Missions to Muslims By Rev. Bassam Michael Madany Islam has engaged the attention of Christians ever since its rise in Arabia in the seventh century. One obvious reason is the fact that most early Muslim conquests took place within Christian lands. “The People of the Book,
The Status of Women in Islam Paid Members Public
The Status of Women in Islam According to the Qur’an By Rev. Bassam M. Madany On Sunday, October 12, 2008, an ex-Muslims website published an article with this title, “The Reasons for the Backwardness of Muslims (Asbab Takhallof al-Muslimeen)” It listed eight reasons for that “backwardness”. Of particular interest
"It's High Time for Shi'ites to Change Their Spirit of Victimhood" Paid Members Public
“It’s High Time for Shi’ites to Change Their Spirit of Victimhood” By Rev. Bassam Michael Madany 14 September, 2016 The reformist/liberal online journal Al-Awan (Kairos1) published on 6 September, 2016, an impassioned essay by an Arab intellectual addressed to the Shi’ites in their homelands, pleading with
Good Intentions, Or Scriptural Principles in Missions Paid Members Public
Good Intentions, Or Scriptural Principles in Missions By Rev. Bassam Michael Madany Following World War II, Evangelicals held congresses and consultations to address plans for Christian missions in the new post-colonial era. Unfortunately, some began with the presupposition that Christian missions in Muslim lands have failed, for lack of contextualizing
"From Religion to No Religion" Paid Members Public
“From Religion to No Religion” “Mina’l-Deen ilal-Ladeen” من الدين إلى اللادين A Syrian Muslim’s Retreat into Unbelief By Rev. Bassam M. Madany On 21 June, 2005, the reformist Kuwaiti website kwtanweer posted a very short, but important, autobiography of a Syrian intellectual by the name of Shehab al-Dimashqi
Learning from the "New" Maghrebi Christians Paid Members Public
Learning from the “New” Maghrebi Christians ظاهرة المسيحيين الجدد في دول المغرب العربي By Rev. Bassam M. Madany During the second half of the 20th century, Evangelicals spent a great deal of time and energy on the subject of contextualization, especially regarding missions to Muslims. At a Caucus on Missions