By A.L. Batey September 4, 2025 2025 is an exciting moment to be engaged in the study of W.D. Fard. With the increasing digitization of once obscure sources – local newspapers, ship manifests, geological and […]
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Did Muhammad Marry a Child?
By Dr. John Andrew Morrow Transcript of Jacob Berman’s History Valley from Saturday, May 3, 2025 Did Muhammad Marry a Child? Yes. No. Maybe. We don’t know. Actually, that is the most honest answer. We do […]
Feminism and Islam: An Impossible Equation? A Study of the Views of Waleed Saleh
By Dr. John Andrew Morrow Full Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Abstract Although they need no introduction in Spain, the works of the Waleed Saleh, the Iraqi-born professor […]
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 […]
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 […]
Feminism and Islam: An Impossible Equation
Feminismo E Islam: Una Ecuación Imposible [Feminism and Islam: An Impossible Equation] By: Waleed Saleh Sevilla: El Paseo, 2022. Reviewed by: John Andrew Morrow Source: Middle East Quarterly Winter 2025, Volume 32; Number 1 Direct Link […]
Review of “Shiism in the Maghrib and al-Andalus” by Hümda Mirzen GÜLER, Sümeyye ÖZDEN, and Mehmet Mustafa BUĞCU
The following is a Google translation of the original Turkish. While it is not perfect, and far from idiomatic, it may be of benefit to English-speakers who cannot read the original Turkish review. TURKISH JOURNAL […]
Dr Morrow’s Research on Islam and Slavery Dispels the Myth That Islam Supports Slavery
By Ghulam Ghaus Siddiqi, New Age Islam 6 July 2024 Islam Not Only Refrained from Promoting Slavery but Also Emphasized the Humane Treatment of Slaves. The Faith Encouraged Believers to Free Slaves as an Act […]
Hijab: Word of God or Word of Man? Reviewed by Professor Waleed Saleh
Anaquel de Estudios Árabes ISSN: 1130-3964/e-ISSN: 1988-2645 https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/anqe.95415 BOOK REVIEWS MORROW, John Andrew. Hijab, Word of God or Word of Man? Washington-Londres: Academica Press, 2023, 425 pp. In recent decades, the female veil (hijab) has […]
hijab: word of god or word of Man? reviewed by daniel pipes
Hijab: Word of God or Word of Man? by John Andrew MorrowAcademica Press, 2023. 425 pp. $99.95. Reviewed by Daniel PipesMiddle East Forum Middle East QuarterlySpring 2024 “The subject of sitr or covering is far more nuanced than […]
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