Praise for The Prophet's Pulpit: Commentaries on the State of Islam, The Trilogy
“Dictators and apologists for authoritarianism and imperialism will hate these books; supporters of freedom, human rights, democracy, and Islamic reform will embrace these magisterial tomes.”
Nader Hashemi, Director, Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University.
“A sublime read, but also an urgent one…Abou El Fadl reclaims an Islam that is, at once, a source of spiritual nourishment, a template of justice, and a roadmap for redemption.”
Khaled A. Beydoun, law professor and author American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear.
“The Prophet’s Pulpit trilogy offers a lifetime of spiritual wisdom and ethical exhortation by one of the leading Muslim thinkers and academics of our time…this compilation of sermons holds out the possibility that jumu‛a can once again fulfill its purpose of awakening Muslims and inspiring them to bold, ethical, and spiritually fulfilling action.”
Asma Sayeed, Associate Professor; Program Director of Islamic Studies, UCLA.
“This transformational trilogy of sermons is a must for every Muslim home.”
Yahya Birt, Research Director, Ayaan Institute, London.
In this collection of twenty-six Islamic sermons, Khaled Abou El Fadl, distinguished law professor and classically trained Islamic jurist, delivers incisive commentaries on the current state of Islam and the Muslim world from the symbolic pulpit of the Prophet of Islam. Part Qur’anic exegesis and part socio-ethical commentary, this third volume to the series expands upon the learning from Volumes I and II and adds new sections on sacred space and sacred time, modern case studies, and shaping the future of Islam.
DR. KHALED ABOU EL FADL is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, and founder of the Institute for Advanced Usuli Studies (The Usuli Institute). He is a classically trained Islamic jurist. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Islam and Islamic jurisprudence. Among his books are: Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari'ah in the Modern Age, The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books, Speaking in God's Name: Islamic law, Authority and Women, And God Knows the Soldiers: The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses, The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists, and Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law. He is the recipient of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) 2020 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion.
DR. JOSEF LINNHOFF holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. His work has been published in The Muslim World, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, and Critical Muslim. He is Editor-in-Chief of Project Illumine: The Light of the Quran, a multi-year project at The Usuli Institute to publish the first English-language Qur'anic commentary in over forty years. Before joining The Usuli Institute, he worked as a Researcher for BBC Monitoring in London.
