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Nafisah Patel’s response to Safiyyah Sutee
This is Nafisah Patel’s response to Safiyyah Surtee’s presentation on “Women in the Middle: between hyper-liberalism and ultra-conservatism”. Nafisah is a graduate of IPSA and is currently a postgraduate student in Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town. IPSA response: Women in the middle Nafisah Patel Although Safiyya’s paper deals with a number ...
Safiyyah Surtee on Women in the Middle
This was Safiyyah Surtee’s presentation on “Women in the Middle: between hyper-liberalism and ultra-conservatism”" presented at the IPSA Spring Symposium held on the 20th Novemver 2011. Safiyyah is a postgraduate candidate and a part-time lecturer at the University of Johannesburg. Women in the Middle: challenging hyper-liberalism, challenging ultra-conservatism Safiyyah Surtee ASAKWRB I would like to ...
Mufti Smith’s response to Dr Toffar
This is the response by Mufti Ebrahim Smith (of Darul Iftaa, Western Cape) to Dr Toffar’s paper: Ipsa Symposium The Middle Way in Islamic Law Al Wasatiya or seeking the middle way in Islamic affairs is indeed a commendable act. Almighty Allah has commanded us to seek the middle way in metaphysics and believe “Say:” ...
Dr Toffar on “The Middle Way in Islamic Law: A principled flexibility”
This is the paper delivered by Dr Abdul Kariem Toffar, Dean of Islamic Studies at IPSA, at the IPSA Spring Symposium held on the 20th November 2011: IPSA SPRING SIMPOSIUM – 1432/2011 THE MIDDLE WAY IN ISLAMIC LAW – A PRINCIPLED FLEXIBILITY A K Toffar The sharī`ah consist of two main sources, namely, the primary ...
The Hajj: Its significance and relevance to us
by Shaykh Yusuf Mataar Presently over 2 million Muslims from the far corners of the globe have converged on the holy city of Makkah, to perform the 5th and final pillar of their religion (Dīn). The Holy Qur’ān proclaims in Sūrah al-Hajj, 22: 27, “And proclaim the pilgrimage among the people. They will come to ...
Charting the Middle Way in Islam today
IPSA in association with the Shahmahomed Trust invites you to its SPRING SYMPOSIUM 2011 “Charting the Middle Way in Islam Today”. Islam is renowned as a religion of the “Middle Way” (al-wasatiyyah), a religion of balance and moderation. It abhors narrowness and rigidity on the one hand but it is also critical of religious neglect and expediency. It does not ...
Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi text translated
IPSA staff have completed a translation of a work by the renowned scholar of Makkah, Sayyid Muhammad Ibn Alawi Al-Maliki Al-Hasani. The book Tahqiq ul Amal fi ma yanfa ul mayyit min al amal, touches on the topic of Isaali Thawaab or Conveying the rewards of the good deeds of the living to the deceased. ...
