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brewtoch
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
Why Islamic Productivity Lags Behind the West, Part 2
Last week, I explained that the Ottoman Empire’s restricting the printing press also impacted their ability to grow human capital. Even...
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brewtoch
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
The Morality Police
The picture shows a woman being dragged into a van by three people; one person is inside the vehicle pulling the woman inside with some...
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brewtoch
- Oct 25, 2021
- 4 min
Five Famous Personalities Who Converted to Islam
Last week, in my blog about gender ambiguities, I mentioned the problems that Dave Chappelle encountered when he made a few jokes about...
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brewtoch
- Sep 27, 2021
- 3 min
The Sound of Music
There is a widespread perception that music is generally forbidden in Islam. The Qur'an, the first source of legal authority for Muslims,...
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brewtoch
- Sep 16, 2021
- 4 min
How do Muslims feel about Idolatry?
The photograph that accompanies this blog is a close-up of a Muhammad sculpture taken by Franz Jantzen of the North Wall Frieze in the...
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