Islamic Insights

A historical glimpse over criminal laws: Since the dawn of history, man has lived a social life that necessitated organizing his relations with others through establishing rules that have a binding nature and must be respected in order to control aggressive instincts and the desires for debauchery “And [by] the soul and Him who fashioned... read more

Some researchers have taken the ruling system in Islam as a Trojan horse and started to deduce from certain historical practices the nonexistence of human rights in Islam and the abolishment of all legal and jurisprudential heritage in the Islamic history as if Muslims over their history lived in a forest where no right or... read more

Eminent Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, Vice-Chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IMUS), stated that fatwas permitting killing, as done by some youths in Somalia, are invalid, censuring the use of fatwas as a vehicle for fighting and tribulation, even if under the pretext of defending Shari`ah. In the last episode of “Ash-Shari`ah Wa... read more

His Eminence Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, member of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, asserted that fatwa-giving is an industry and not a simple task done by anyone without adequate knowledge or insight. Bin Bayyah said, “Fatwa-giving seems problematic to some. When my book Industry of Fatwawas published, many found it ambiguous. In fact, industry is a... read more

Vice-Chairman of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS), prominent scholar Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, emphasized the importance of having references to limit conflict of fatwas and opinions, confirming at the same time that such references need more effort and organization to be able to protect People of Sunnah by confuting their beliefs and convictions... read more