FILED UNDER: Belief, Community Building, Health & Wellbeing, Social Issues, Video
TAGGED WITH:: adab, Allah, charity, community, du`a, extremism, identity, islam, ISLAMOPHOBIA, Knowledge, love, mercy, Muhammad, political identity, prayer, Qur'anic Themes, seeking knowledge, Shaykh Ridwan Saleem, social activism, social change, sunna, Video
/by AishaAs turmoil increases around the world, the identity of Western Muslims is increasingly being called into question. On one hand, some people have little interest in their religious or cultural identities and are eager to assimilate into the monoculture. On the other hand, there are people who believe that contributing to mainstream society, such as through […]
FILED UNDER: Community Building, Good Character, history, Knowledge, Prophetic Guidance, Social Issues, Video, Worship
TAGGED WITH:: Africa, Allah, calling to Allah, community, da'wah, extremism, islam, Knowledge, mercy, Prophet Muhammad, reminder, scholars, seeking knowledge, spirituality, Video
/by Aisha“Islam spread through West Africa through nonviolent means.” Our ideas of Africa nowadays consist of everything from famines, war, refugees fleeing their homeland, to the recent shootings of black people by police, and the Black Lives Matter movement. But this race of beautiful, strong, and intelligent people surely had to have a noble history. In this illuminating […]
FILED UNDER: Community Building, Prophetic Guidance, Social Issues, Video
TAGGED WITH:: anarchy, beheading, bombings, carnage, extremism, ISIL, isis, medina, murder, SHAYKH FARAZ RABBANI, terrorism, terrorist, violence, war
/by Content TeamIn the aftermath of the July 2016 bombing in Medina, Saudia Arabia, Shaykh Faid Mohammed Said says we have an important and active choice to make. We can choose to speak with good and act with good in an attempt to be part of the solution amidst all the chaos and madness. Shaykh Faid Mohammed Said […]
FILED UNDER: News, Prophet Muhammad, Video
TAGGED WITH:: anarchy, beheading, bombing, carnage, extremism, gun crime, hate crime, ISIL, isis, killings, meaningless life, medina, murder, Muslim violence, racism, Saudi Arabia, SHAYKH FARAZ RABBANI, terrorism, terrorist, violence, war, xenophobia
/by Content TeamIn an unprecedented escalation of events, an explosion has occured close to the Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ mosque in Medina, allegedly detonated by a suicide bomber. The Medina bombing comes at the heels of the devastating violence in Iraq, Turkey and Bangladesh in recent weeks. Shaykh Faraz Rabbani makes it clear: where do we stand on such events and should we speak out? […]
FILED UNDER: Featured Articles, history, News, Prophetic Guidance, Social Issues
TAGGED WITH:: anarchy, beheading, bombing, carnage, extremism, gun crime, hate crime, ISIL, isis, killings, meaningless life, medina, murder, Muslim violence, racism, Saudi Arabia, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, terrorism, terrorist, violence, war, xenophobia
/by Content TeamVigilante acts of violence have killed hundreds around the world in the last few days. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf writes plainly on the dark and destructive ideology which underpins groups like ISIS and their sympathisers. According to a good hadith related by Ahmad and al-Tabarani, the Messenger of God, may God’s peace and blessings be upon him, said, […]
FILED UNDER: News, Social Issues
TAGGED WITH:: anarchy, beheading, carnage, extremism, gun crime, hate crime, Imam Khalid Latif, ISIL, isis, killings, meaningless life, murder, Muslim violence, racism, terrorism, terrorist, violence, war, xenophobia
/by Content TeamAlmost daily there are news reports of hate crimes against Muslims in the United States, the United Kingdom and elsewhere, as well as news of mass terrorist attacks against Muslims in countries like Iraq, Turkey and Bangladesh. Imam Khalid Latif reflects in this article originally published on CNN. This morning, I woke up to images and […]
FILED UNDER: Belief, Community Building, history, Knowledge, Prophetic Guidance, Video
TAGGED WITH:: adab, Allah, charity, community, Dr Umar Faruq Abdallah, du`a, extremism, Knowledge, mercy, prayer, Prophet Muhammad, reminder, seeking knowledge, spirituality, sunna, Video, violence
/by Aisha“No knowledge without practice, no practice without knowledge.” From China to Portugal to Morocco, past Islamic civilizations were filled with great beauty and truth, soothing and nourishing the souls, recounts Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah. However, modern catastrophic changes destroyed this beauty, by betrayals of the Prophetic message through violations of the truth. Watch Dr. Umar explain the correlation between beauty […]
FILED UNDER: Community Building, Prophetic Guidance, Social Issues
TAGGED WITH:: anarchy, beheading, carnage, extremism, gun control, gun laws, Imam Zaid Shakir, ISIL, isis, LGBTQ, meaningless life, murder, Omar Mateen, Orlando, Orlando shooting, terrorism, terrorist, violence, war
/by Content TeamIn the aftermath of the Orlando murders many Muslims are adamant that they will not apologize for anything. Imam Zaid Shakir argues, this is a proper stance as our religion does not advocate collective guilt, nor collective punishment. However, clarifying Muslim teachings is also being condemned and this is wrong. We are informed in the […]
FILED UNDER: Books, Community Building, history, Knowledge, Prophet Muhammad, Prophetic Guidance, quran, Social Issues, Video
TAGGED WITH:: adab, Allah, community, community building, extremism, Ihya 'Ulum al-Din, imam ghazali, ISIL, isis, islam, ISLAMOPHOBIA, Jerusalem, Knowledge, mercy, Muhammad, Palestine, prayer, Prophet Muhammad, Qur'anic Themes, seeking knowledge, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, terrorism, Video, violence
/by AishaWhen will Muslims take back Jerusalem? This question has been asked over and over again during the last few decades…but the answer has always evaded us. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, however, has the answer. Throughout his life, he has seen Muslims reacting to their situations with radicalism, anarchy, horror, and bloodshed. He doesn’t see them emulating the glory […]
FILED UNDER: Classes, Community Building, Events, News, Prophetic Guidance, Social Issues, Video
TAGGED WITH:: extremism, Imam Zaid Shakir, ISIL, isis, islam, ISLAMOPHOBIA, Knowledge, love, mercy, Prophet Muhammad, reminder, seeking knowledge, spirituality, sunna, terrorism, violence
/by AishaA proverb reads, “Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” In the wake of the Lahore bombings, Imam Zaid Shakir argues the opposite; that an age of rampart confusion, this ignorance can become the cause of religious extremism. We are grateful to the Islamic Centre of Irvine for this recording. Cover photo by Shawn Carpenter. […]
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