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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Wael Hallaq

A Summary of Muhanna Al-Hubail’s “Wael Hallaq and Edward Said: A Third Argument”

By Shahdah Mahhouk  //  August 8, 2021August 8, 2021

Wael Hallaq and Edward Said: A Third Argument is a 190-page book written by Muhanna Al-Hubail and published in 2020 by the Beirut-based Arab Institute for Research and Publishing. Al-Hubail is a social activist and…

Book Review: Wael Hallaq’s “The Impossible State” by Said Salih Kaymakci

By Said Salih Kaymakci  //  December 18, 2016December 19, 2016

The Synopsis The title of Wael Hallaq’s book contains his main argument.  The Islamic State is the Impossible State because the modern state devoid of morality is a European invention with a clear European genealogy….

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