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Al-Andalus: The Golden Age of the West
Shaykh Hammad Mustafa al-Madani al-Qadri
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Summer 2025 — Al-Andalus
Published August 2025 · 5 articles
Renaissance is a seasonal journal of Muslim thought, founded and led by Shaykh Hammad Mustafa al-Madani al-Qadri. Each edition brings together scholars and thought leaders to bridge classical Islamic values with contemporary questions — academic, balanced, and accessible.
In this issue
- Al-Andalus: The Golden Age of the West
Shaykh Hammad Mustafa al-Madani al-Qadri
- Al-Shaykh al-Akbar Ibn ʿArabi: The Mystic Scholar
Dr Samra Mursaleen
- Al-Zahrawi: The Father of Surgery
Dr Abdullah Raja
- Córdoba: The Jewel of Al-Andalus
Aisha Ahmed Khan
- The Rise and Fall of al-Andalus
Ahmad Mustafa al-Arabi al-Qadri
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Al-Zahrawi: The Father of Surgery
Dr Abdullah Raja
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Córdoba: The Jewel of Al-Andalus
Aisha Ahmed Khan
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The Rise and Fall of al-Andalus
Ahmad Mustafa al-Arabi al-Qadri
Health
A Muslim's Lifelong Marathon
Dr Wassim Drissi
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A Paradigm of Positivity: Thinking Well of Your Creator
Basima Hassan Qadri
Society
Fading Footprints: The Erosion of Communal Care in Western Muslim Diasporas
Saira Faruq
About the Journal
An intellectual renaissance and academic resurgence.
Renaissance—النهضة—is a seasonal publication committed to rekindling Muslim thought, reflecting on Muslim academic heritage, and marching toward a new intellectual era.
Founded and led by Shaykh Hammad Mustafa al-Madani al-Qadri, each edition gathers scholars, notable figures, and thought leaders across disciplines — from philosophy and theology to medicine, education, history, and the sciences — to bridge classical Islamic values with contemporary discourse.
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From the Editor-in-Chief
Shaykh Hammad Mustafa
al-Madani al-Qadri
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
“Where is Ibn Sina today? Ibn Rushd? Al-Rumi? Al-Ghazali? Al-Razi? They all exist here in the contemporary Muslim world. They just need to be discovered and given space to express their intellectual abilities.”
Shaykh Hammad is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Renaissance. A Masters graduate and PhD candidate in International Relations at the London School of Economics, he writes on Islamic intellectual history, the Muslim Golden Age, and the conditions for an Islamic enlightenment in the present.
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