Seeing the Prophet through the details: Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss intellectual, philosopher, theologian, academic and writer of Egyptian descent. He is a Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University.   The very essence of Islam is about freeing oneself from the ego, yet when it comes to the contemporary world, be it Turkey or the West, or any Muslim-majority country for ...

Who does Islamophobia Frighten?
Are we frightening or do we frighten others? Or are we frightened as a result? Are we relegated to be the unfortunate generation that is living in a world order based on fear or are we witnesses to a historical period that is more painful than birth pangs and even more historical than history itself? In order for these questions to be answered, we must all wait a while longer; perhaps our lifespa...

The Message of Prophet Muhammad to the 21st Century
Born in 1955, Fikret Karčić studied in Sarajevo and Belgrade and is a Professor at the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo. He has taught in the fields of the general history of law and the state, the history of Islamic law, the history of Islam in the Balkans, and the encounter of Muslims with modernity at the Faculty of Islamic Studies in Sarajevo, the Faculty of Theology of the University of Marmara (I...

21st Century will be the century of Spiritual Revolution
How is Islam experienced in Bosnia as a way of living, and how is the perception of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) among the Bosnian people? Mustafa Cerić: Bismilahirahmanirahim… There are several levels of the experience of Islam in general, not only in Bosnia… You have a personal experience or personal conviction which is hidden in your soul, in your intimate feeling about yourself. You ...

Robert Hefner: The debate is over and Huntington has lost
"Turkey is a very fertile mixture of civilizations," says Robert W. Hefner, professor of anthropology and director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA) at Boston University. Even though visiting İstanbul and Ankara for the first time, Hefner has already been working several research projects on Turkey and has worked in Muslim majority countries for more t...

Jonathan Brown on Being Inspired by Prophet Muhammad
Exclusive interview with Jonathan Brown Can we start with the story of your conversion? I was raised Anglican, the Church of England in America, but my family wasn't very religious. My family wasn't very religious, so I wasn't really brought up as a Christian. I believed in God; I have always believed in God. When I was in college, during my first year at Georgetown, I took a class i...

'We Should Just Be Ourselves'
Interview with Professor Is-haq Oloyede What are the indeficiencies in the Islamic world today? What are the responsibilities of the Islamic organizations face to the non-Islamic world as well as to the Islamic world? There are some of the issues which dominate most of the debates on going among scholars and politicians in the Islamic societies. Professor Is-haq Oloyede from the University of Ilo...

Fighting Islamophobia in the West
Interview with Bashy Quraishy Islamophobia is one of the most troubling issues of today's world which obstruct the development of inter-religious relationships based on dialogue and understanding and it is being questioned again and again, particularly after the ban of the minarat in Switzerland. In this respect, Lastprophet.info has asked Bashy Quraishy, an influent activist in Europe, abou...

Leaders Should Invest in the Youth
Islamophobia and the problems of the Islamic world are among the main issues of the contemporary world. However, the perception of the youth is as important as the elder generations since it is the youth who is going to reconfigure the world. Sulaiman Musa, the representative of the Youth Partnership for Peace in Sierra Leone, a country which also has witnessed serious inter-religious conflicts, ...

The Responsibility of the Islamic World
Interview with Rachid BenaissaBorn in Algeria and mostly known as the former international official at UNESCO (1978-2002), Professor Rachid Benaissa is a significant Muslim intellectual who has influenced generations with his ideas and seminars since the 1960s. Benaissa attended more than 200 international conferences on different subjects, mostly educational, cultural, religious and political. Be...