Tag Archives: Abou Zayd

true in the sweep

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Dave

Six and a half centuries ago, the Islamic world saw itself as the unquestioned pinnacle of civilization. What was it really like? The only answer we really have is in the diaries of Ibn Battuta, the wanderlust scholar who clocked … Continue reading →

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traveling man

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Dave

One day in the Moslem year 756, or 1355 A.D. , a well known Moroccan theologian began to dictate his memoirs. Better known as Ibn Battuta, he was fifty-one, a scholar and a well respected judge, but principally known as … Continue reading →

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family planning

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Dave

Population control. The Malthus nightmare. Limited procreation to maintain national characterstics. An affront to bourgeois values, liberal, humanistic axioms. As Allan Greenspan said, “a billion is not what it used to be.” But a billion moslems facing off against an … Continue reading →

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wanderlust

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Dave

The travels of Ibn Battuta. The diaries of the Wayfarer, Batuta in sum, laid out the compelling argument that Islam was more than an empire, more even than a faith, or an ideology. All apsects of human conduct were governed … Continue reading →

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