Ramadhan, the origins

Ramadhan, the origins

We all know that the ninth lunar month of the Hijri calendar is Ramadan. It is the holy month when the Quran was first revealed (Quran II,185). Strict fasting (çiyâm…

Welcome the month of Ramadan

Welcome the month of Ramadan

Any prescription belonging to the corpus of Muslim praxis meets standards and is conditioned by rules. But normative and jurisprudential productions tend to ignore the spirit and purpose of the…

The Emir, contemporary model of the “Universal Man” (1/2)

The Emir, contemporary model of the “Universal Man” (1/2)

Founder of the first modern Algerian state, great military strategist, knight of bitter times and magnanimous hero, fine scholar familiar with Greek philosophy and various Islamic sciences, humanist having worked…