I never used to question this thing on my head Until I changed schools at age 13, wearing this thing on my head My mother asked me if I really wanted to continue Carrying on this practice or starting anew I said ya, sure why not? It’d feel sort of naked with an […]
This week, we discussed the reformist and revival Islamic movements during the 18th to 20th centuries. This was the period during which the European imperialists powers were colonizing Africa and Asia – in effect destroying the thriving Muslim Empires. These reformist movements emerged as as a solution to this problem. Some Muslims behind these movements […]
This week, we delved deeper into cases studies of reform and revolution: one in Pakistan inspired by Muhammad Iqbal, and the other, the Iranian Revolution. Thinkers like Iqbal emerged during the reform movements in the postcolonial era. They believed in empowering Muslims through adaptive and integrative methods, in other words integrating Western “foreign” models within […]
