January 1, 2025. The Canadian Network on Cuba mourns the passing of Professor Keith Ellis and send our deepest condolences to his family and friends at this difficult time. Keith devoted his life to scholarship, […]
Obituary for Keith Ellis
KEITH ELLIS, April 5, 1935 – December 28, 2024 Keith Audley Alexander Ellis, FRSC, DFil (University of Havana). CD (Jamaica), Professor Emeritus University of Toronto (Spanish and Portuguese), passed away peacefully on December 28, 2024, […]
Call for Papers: W.D Fard: Man, Myth, and Mystery
CALL FOR PAPERS W.D. FARD MAN, MYTH, AND MYSTERY Edited by Dr. John Andrew Morrow Academics, scholars, professors, and researchers are invited to submit studies on the following and related topics for consideration for publication […]
Les évolutions en Syrie étaient planifiées par Américains et Israéliens
PolitiqueGénéral 8:26 – January 06, 2025 Source Code de l’info: 3490944 IQNA-Pour le professeur américain, John Andrew Morrow, en ce qui concerne la résistance contre l’impérialisme occidental, l’Iran est le dernier debout. Il est le dernier […]
Morrow on History Valley
On December 29, 2024, Dr. John Andrew Morrow had the privilege of being interviewed by Jacob Berman on History Valley regarding his book, Controversies in Islam: Religious Law, Qur’anic Ethical Imperatives, and Higher Moral Objectives, […]
Islamic Abolitionists
As Baha’ al-Din (d. after 1042 CE) [al-Hakim] [r. 996-1021] ordered the freedom of all the slaves and those who were otherwise owned, in a special decree that was absolute, forceful, and irrevocable, such that […]
Does Surah 4:34 Say to Beat Insubordinate Women?
On December 29, 2024, Dr. John Andrew Morrow was interviewed by Aron Ra, the secular activist, on the subject of domestic violence in the Qur’an. What follows is drawn from Dr. Morrow’s book, The Most […]
The Views of Women on the Hijab
By Dr. John Andrew Morrow Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid-Marsot (b. 1933) It is men from the eighth century onward who interpreted the passage in the Qur’an which enjoins men and women to dress modestly to mean […]
The Views of Men on the Hijab
By Dr. John Andrew Morrow Qasim Amin (1863-1908) “If men feared that women would be tempted, why were not men ordered to wear the veil?” Qasim Amin (1863-1908) The shari‘ah does not stipulate the use […]
A Short History of the Hijab
By Dr. John Andrew Morrow The Qur’an, the revelation of which ended in 632, suggests that women covertheir saw’at, their shame or pudendum (7:26-27), namely, their genitalia. The Qur’an states that women should guard their […]
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