FILED UNDER: Article-General, News
TAGGED WITH:: children, community, Imam Zaid Shakir, violence
/by YusufThe following post by Imam Zaid Shakir was first published on his personal FaceBook page immediately following the shootings. We chose to republish it as it attempts to bypass the emotionally driven factionalism and address the roots causes of what is happening. School Shootings: More Than Deranged Teenagers Our condolences to the families of those […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Jihad and Terrorism
TAGGED WITH:: terrorist, violence, war
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Assalamu alaykum Are acts of terrorism by Muslims ever justified? Answer: Wa’leykum Salam, Here is a video answer by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani to this question: Shaykh Faraz Rabbani is a scholar and researcher of Islamic law and Executive Director of SeekersHub Global After ten years overseas, Shaykh Faraz returned […]
TAGGED WITH:: Aleppo, army, Assad, Bashar Al Assad, bombing, civil war, Daesh, death, dictator, Free Syria, ISIL, isis, killing, murder, oppression, Syria, violence, war
/by Content TeamThe horrific news and images coming out of Aleppo, Syria has left the world stunned. Shaykh Faraz Rabbani offers some sobering perspective on how we should process these traumatising event and how we should respond.
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, 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: Obituary, Prophet Muhammad, Social Issues, Video, Worship
TAGGED WITH:: Amjad Sabri, anarchy, chaos, devotional songs, gun crime, hate crime, intolerance, isis, killing, lifestyle, Love for the Prophet, murder, Muslim on Muslim, naat, pakistan, qasida, qawwali, rights of others, Sabri brothers, Shari'ah, shooting, SINGING, Taliban, terrorism, violence
/by Content TeamThe world is mourning the passing of one of Pakistan’s most beloved devotional (qawwali) singers. Amjad Sabri was gunned down in Karachi, allegedly by extremists who accused him of blasphemy. Shortly after his death, the video of his last televised performance went viral (watch above). Dr Bano Murtaja has kindly translated the lyrics: O one of the […]
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