Category Archives: hudud

Hussain v. The Norwegian Prosecution Authority

By SindreMarch 6, 2016Antisemitism, Columbia Global Freedom Of Expression, Extremism, Freedom of expression, Hate speech, hudud, Muslims, Norway, Salafi-jihadism, Terrorism, The Prophet's Ummah

My first case summary for Columbia University’s Global Freedom Of Expression Project relates to the Borgarting Court of Appeals’ June 22 2015 verdict in the case against the Norwegian salafi-jihadist ‘Ubaydullah Arslan Maroof Hussain on charges of violations of Norwegian anti-terror laws, threats against court witnesses and two Norwegian journalists, as well as violations of Norwegian […]

Texts and contexts in the work of Tariq Ramadan

By SindreApril 8, 2015Extremism, hudud, Human rights, Islam, Islamic feminism, Muslims, Norway, Political liberalism, Public sphere, Salafi-jihadism, Salafism, Secularism, shari'a, STL, Tariq Ramadan, Terrorism'ulama, al-Azhar, al-waqi', Andrew F. March, Fiqh, fiqh al-aqalliyat, Iran, John R. Bowen, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Oddbjørn Leirvik, Radical Reform, Saudi Arabia, STL, Tariq Ramadan, To Be a European Muslim, Torkel Brekke, Western Muslims and The Future of Islam, What I Believe, Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Today we use the word only in its political sense, and how unfortunate for us. For I fear that those who see freedom solely as a political concept will never fully grasp its meaning. The political pursuit of freedom can lead to its eradication on a grand scale – or rather it opens the door […]