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An online publication of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Mahan Mirza

Madrasa Discourses: A Project for the Renewal of the Rationalistic Tradition of the Madrasa

By Mohammad Ali  //  July 23, 2019

Ever since its inception, the modern madrasa system has been striving to prove its worth and practicality. Though reform has tended to shun the influence of modern (and Western) social and natural sciences, some modernist…

Scientific Literacy for Madrasa Graduates: A Project for Religious Renewal at the University of Notre Dame

By Mahan Mirza  //  September 18, 2018September 18, 2018

  The ink of scholars is holier than the blood of martyrs. -Attributed to the Prophet Muhammad Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword. -Edward Bulwer-Lytton Peace cannot…

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