FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Marriage and Divorce
TAGGED WITH:: compatibility, racism
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum In Fiqh books, upon discussion of marriage, there is a section regarding compatibility. This includes compatibility in race, lineage, religion and profession. It mentions how it is looked down upon and the marriage can be invalid and/or made annulled by a judge if a man marries a […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General, Community Building, Events, Good Character, history, Knowledge, Prophet Muhammad, Social Issues, Video
TAGGED WITH:: adab, Allah, Black Lives Matter, changing our condition, charity, community, du`a, Imam Zaid Shakir, islam, ISLAMOPHOBIA, Knowledge, love, mercy, prayer, racism, spirituality, structural violence, Video, violence
/by AishaImam Zaid Shakir has had to bury people who were shot by cops and those who were shot by their peers – predominantly young, African-American men. He concludes, if you’re right with God, you’re right. If some racist thinks you’re not right that’s their problem. Black history is filled with injustice. The actions of Rosa Parks, Brown vs. Education, […]
FILED UNDER: Community Building, Parenting, Social Issues
TAGGED WITH:: Alton Sterling, Black Lives Matter, Philando Castile, Police Brutality, race, racism
/by Content TeamMamanushka, the new parenting blog, has published some stellar content since its launch, including the latest one, 5 Excellent Resources To Help You Explain Racial Bias To Your Children. Worth reading and sharing far and wide. This past week, with all its happiness and celebrations of Eid, has also been one of great sadness and […]
FILED UNDER: Community Building, Prophetic Guidance, Social Issues
TAGGED WITH:: #Blacklivesmatter, african americans, Alton Sterling, America, Black Lives Matter, community, DONALD TRUMP, Humanity, justice, murder, People of color, People of Colour, Philando Castile, police, Police Brutality, race, racial, racism, Trump, United States of America, Ustadh Salman Younas
/by Content Team#Blacklivesmatter because our Lord has “ennobled all the children of Adam” (17:70) and commanded us to “stand firmly for justice.” (4:135), writes Ustadh Salman Younas. #Blacklivesmatter to me not because it is politically prudent for Muslims to side with African-Americans. They matter to me not because it’s viewed by some as the new countercultural trend that people should […]
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: ANS Living Religion
TAGGED WITH:: arrogance, black, commanding the good and forbidding the evil, good character, racism, white
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: I stopped going to a Muslim gathering because the majority of the women are older African Americans talking about how much it is awful being black and how it is all the white man’s fault. I have quoted the Qu’ran and the hadith concerning this issue, yet they […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General
TAGGED WITH:: abuse, colour, discrimination, hatred, ISLAMOPHOBIA, race, racism, racist, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, xenophobia
/by Content TeamShaykh Muhammad Mendes responds to this question during a Lamppost Education Initiative Seminar on Muslim Spirituality From Africa to Americas. “Why is the colour black – black people and all things black, so foul to humanity?” Resources for seekers Responses To The Islamophobic Attack On The Bus Illustrate Wider Problems of Racism Race To The […]
FILED UNDER: Social Issues, Video
TAGGED WITH:: American elections, bigotry, Dalia Mogahed, DONALD TRUMP, fear, hatred, ISLAMOPHOBIA, Islamophobic, politics, racism, TED, xenophobia
/by Content TeamWhat do you think when you look at me? When you look at Muslim scholar Dalia Mogahed, what do you see: a woman of faith? a scholar, a mom, a sister? or an oppressed, brainwashed, potential terrorist? In this personal, powerful talk, Mogahed asks us, in this polarizing time, to fight negative perceptions of her […]
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