First Things RSS Feed - Maria Massi Dakake https://www.firstthings.com/author/maria-massi-dakake en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:55:03 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/maria-massi-dakake 60 A Feminist Qur'an? https://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/11/a-feminist-quran https://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/11/a-feminist-quran Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0400 Feminist Edges of the Qur’an
by aysha a. hidayatullah
 oxford, 288 pages, $24.95

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]]> On Dominant Minorities https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/01/on-dominant-minorities https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/01/on-dominant-minorities Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has made a compelling case for the creative and culturally dynamic role that religious minorities can play, even in societies where the majority of people deeply oppose their religious inclinations, as was the case for much of the history of the Jewish people in Christian territories. As a Muslim, living as a minority in the West—in a culture often portrayed (by Muslims and non-Muslim Westerners alike) as locked in a fatal struggle with Islam—I found in the rabbi’s comments much cause for hope.

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]]> Islam's Origins https://www.firstthings.com/article/2013/02/islams-origins https://www.firstthings.com/article/2013/02/islams-origins Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 In the Shadow of the Sword
The Birth of Islam and the
Rise of the Global Arab Empire
by tom holland
doubleday, 526 pages, $29.95

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