The themes of MFAS – The Muslim Faculty of Advanced Studies – emerged from four questions we postulated, which even if one does not answer them entirely can serve well in navigating the themes. They are: Where are we? How did we get here? Where do we want to get to? …
Monthly Archives: May 2025
Religion and Power
The ultimate iteration of deen was revealed after the fatra – the six centuries long gap in which there had been no Prophethood. In that period the two sects of the People of the Book had become defined by their relationship to power and empire.