Papers by Ikram Hawramani
The Hawramani Institute, 2019
A synthesis and extension of the theology of al-Māturīdī and Ibn Taymiyya. In this essay I propos... more A synthesis and extension of the theology of al-Māturīdī and Ibn Taymiyya. In this essay I propose a way of reconciling free will, predestination and divine foreknowledge in Islam by asking a question that no Muslim theologian has asked before as far as I am aware: Is God powerful enough to create a creature whose choices are intrinsically unpredictable?
The Hawramani Institute, 2018
What is the master plan of the Muslim population of the West? With the existence of Islamic conce... more What is the master plan of the Muslim population of the West? With the existence of Islamic concepts such as the Sharia, Islamist ideology, and jihad, what would a further increase in the Muslim population of Western civilization entail?
The Hawramani Institute, 2019
I argue that the existence of an inherent contradiction between the Islamic Sharia and codificati... more I argue that the existence of an inherent contradiction between the Islamic Sharia and codification is imaginary and caused by paying insufficient attention to the nature of the workings of the Sharia and how it relates to the state. So far codification has meant the imposition of the hegemony of the state over the Islamic legal process. It is possible to create a legitimate and authoritative Sharia code by reversing this process: imbibing the ideals of the Sharia into the legislature.
In this essay I propose a way of taking hadith criticism to a new level by using probability theo... more In this essay I propose a way of taking hadith criticism to a new level by using probability theory to combine multiple transmission chains. This method allows hadith critics to construct a single probability (such as 20%) that represents the authenticity of a hadith and enables scholars to compare the reliability of different "authentic" narrations on firm mathematical grounds.
Translation of a paper by professor Salah al-Din al-Idlibi, an expert in matn criticism, on the i... more Translation of a paper by professor Salah al-Din al-Idlibi, an expert in matn criticism, on the issue of determining the age of Aisha bint Abi Bakr at the time of her marriage to the Prophet Muhammad.
Updated Nov 8, 2018
Using al-Ghazali’s simulation-like theory of the universe and the theory of topological evolution... more Using al-Ghazali’s simulation-like theory of the universe and the theory of topological evolution we can credit God with creating all the creatures on earth while also supporting a scientific theory of evolution that makes no claims about the necessity of divine intervention for the origination and evolution of life.
Books by Ikram Hawramani
Self-Published, 2018
A collection of studies on the sociology of Islam, Islam in the West, and the status of women and... more A collection of studies on the sociology of Islam, Islam in the West, and the status of women and the status of rationality in Islamic societies.
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Papers by Ikram Hawramani
Updated Nov 8, 2018
Books by Ikram Hawramani
Updated Nov 8, 2018