Islam

Human Dignity and Mutual Respect
Abdal Hakim Murad

Emir Abd El-Kader's Letter
From Commander of the Faithful by John Kiser

Islamic Discourse: Between the Conclusive and the Variable
(Tabah Papers 3)

Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah
Reproduced here by kind permission of Tabah Foundation

Building Bridges of Understanding
Sheikh Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt

Challenge of Living Together
Zaki Badawi

Shadows and Strife: Reflections on the Confrontation of Islam and the West
Rodney Blackhirst and Kenneth Oldmeadow

Symbolism of Islamic Prayer
Rodney Blackhirst

Can Creatures ‘adorn themselves’ with the Names of God?  **NEW**
David B. Burrell
Reproduced here by kind permission of Adyan Journal

Teaching Stories from Tierno Bokar Gathered and Rendered into English
Jane Fatima Casewit

The Minbar: Symbol of Verticality and of Elevation
Naima Chikhaoui

The Goal of Islamic Philosophy: Reflections on the Works of Afdal al-Din Kashani
William C. Chittick

A Common Word
An Open Letter and Call from Muslim Religious Leaders

The Earth's Complaint
Gai Eaton

What is Required of a Religious Leader Today?
David Ford

The Quran: A new translation
David Ford

Inside Pathan Country: A Brief Encounter with a Traditional World
John Ahmed Herlihy

Sources of Tolerance and Intolerance in Islam
Ibrahim Kalin
Reproduced here by kind permission of Adyan Journal

Towards Informed and Conscientious Media Coverage of Islam
Karim H. Karim

The Method
Martin Lings

Islam and the Betrayal of Tradition
Joseph E. B. Lumbard

Selected S. H. Nasr Audio Lectures audio icon
Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Growing Ecologies of Peace, Compassion and Blessing: A Muslim Response to “A Muscat Manifesto”
Dr Aref Ali Nayed

The Promise of “A Common Word”
Dr Aref Ali Nayed

A Sense of the Sacred: Building Bridges Between Islam and the West
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales

Suhrawardi on Sacred Symbolism and Self-Knowledge
Mohammed Rustom

Recollecting the Spirit of Jihad
Reza Shah-Kazemi

Jihad is not Perpetual Warfare  **NEW**
Imam Zaid Shakir
Reproduced here by the kindness of Zaytuna College

Vatican Response to A Common Word
Tarcisio Card. Bertone

Qur'anic Reasoning as an Academic Practice
Tim Winter

Climbing Mount Purgatorio: Reflections from the Seventh Cornice
Hamza Yusuf
Reproduced here by kind permission of Sandala.org

Foundations of the Spiritual Path (excerpt)
Ahmad Zarruq (translated by Hamza Yusuf)
Reproduced here by kind permission of Sandala.org

Generous Tolerance in Islam and its Effects on the Life of a Muslim  **NEW**
Hamza Yusuf
Reproduced here by kind permission of Sandala.org

Qawa’id al-Tasawwuf, The Principles of Sufism (full version)
Ahmad Zarruq (PhD thesis by Zaineb S. Istrabadi)

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Texts in Arabic and Persian

Al-Khitab al-Islami bayn al-Qawati‘ wal-Ijtihad
(Waraqat Tabah 3)

Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah
Reproduced here by kind permission of Tabah Foundation

Bayan al-Farq bayn al-Sadr wal-Qalb wal-Fu'ad wal-Lubb
Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi