Haroon Moghul reviews Sean Foley's new book: The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam.
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Saudia Arabia
Rethinking ikhtilat in Saudi Arabia
January 12, 2010
The Economist reports that certain elements of the Saudi clerical elite are reconsidering the validity of the ban on ikhtilat,…
An Islamic case for a secular state
May 27, 2008
If the state is going to enforce any principle from Islamic sources, according to Abdullahi An-Na‘im, then it should implement…