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Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (14)

Sunday 08-03-2026 05:54 PM

The Umayyad and Abbasid Eras… Intellectual Flourishing or Political Restriction? When we move from the era of Prophethood and the Rightly Guided Caliphate to the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

The Battle to Break the Will… Will It End the War?

Sunday 08-03-2026 01:37 PM

Since yesterday, Saturday, March 7, the United States and Israel have opened the second week of the war against Iran with a new model—or round—of fighting that can be described as a “battle to break ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (13)

Saturday 07-03-2026 05:20 PM

The Dhimma Pact… in the Custody of History The “Dhimma pact” is among the concepts most frequently misused in debates about Islam, freedom of expression, and coexistence. Between those who ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (12)

Saturday 07-03-2026 05:15 PM

Umar ibn al-Khattab… Justice in Governance or Suppression of Peoples? Few figures have been invoked in the political and religious debate over freedom of opinion in Islam as frequently as the ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (11)

Thursday 05-03-2026 05:43 PM

When Did the Crisis of Freedom Begin? From the Text to the State… If the Qur’anic text established freedom, and the Prophetic experience embodied it in practice, then the question ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Mojtaba Khamenei: The Shadow Man in Iran

Wednesday 04-03-2026 05:28 PM

At moments of major transformation within closed political systems, the real leaders do not always appear at the forefront. Rather, their influence is shaped in the “gray zones” that connect the ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

Egypt… “Noah’s Ark”

Tuesday 03-03-2026 04:21 PM

In times of calm, nations are measured by their strategic plans for development and prosperity in the service of their peoples. But in times of the “deluge of major tensions and wars,” they are ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

What After Khamenei’s Death? And When Will the Regime Collapse?

Sunday 01-03-2026 05:11 PM

These are the two questions that Egyptian and European media outlets and journalists who contacted me over the past 24 hours have not stopped asking, persistently seeking a logical answer to them. ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

At five in the afternoon, Cairo time (71).. Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (10)

Friday 27-02-2026 10:54 PM

The City-State… Pluralism Without Coercion? When Islam moved from the phase of preaching to the phase of statehood, the greatest challenge was: How can a community of diverse beliefs ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

At five in the afternoon, Cairo time (70).. Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (9)

Thursday 26-02-2026 05:42 PM

How Did the Prophet, Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him, Manage Disagreement? If the Qur’an established the methodology of dialogue, then the Prophetic biography provided the ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

At five in the afternoon, Cairo time (69).. Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (8)

Wednesday 25-02-2026 05:23 PM

Ethics of Dialogue After the previous episodes established several major truths— that faith in Islam is a free act, that difference is an intended norm, and that repression arises ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

At five in the afternoon, Cairo time (68).. Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (7)

Tuesday 24-02-2026 11:46 PM

The Legitimacy of Pluralism: If, in previous installments, we have clarified that faith in the Qur’anic conception is a free act—neither imposed nor extracted by force—then the next ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

At five in the afternoon, Cairo time (67).. Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (6)

Monday 23-02-2026 05:40 PM

Why Did God Not Compel People to Believe? After a pivotal verse such as: ﴾ There is no compulsion in religion ﴿ (Al-Baqarah: 256) a question arises that is no ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

At five in the afternoon, Cairo time (66).. Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (5)

Monday 23-02-2026 02:15 PM

“There is no compulsion in religion”… From the Question of Man to the Principle of Freedom After pausing in the previous article at the Qur’anic image of the human being — Is he a free, ...

Abdelrahim Ali
Abdelrahim Ali

At five in the afternoon, Cairo time (65).. Islam and Freedom of Opinion and Expression (4)

Saturday 21-02-2026 06:26 PM

The Human Being in the Qur’an: A Free Creature… or a Determined One? After pausing in the first and second articles at the question of accusation and bad faith, and then at the ...