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Powellism and Western Islam
8 min read · · “Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. We must be mad, literally mad, as a nation to be permitting the annual inflow of some 50,000 dependants, who are for the most part the mat… · Shared by 6, including Naved Islam
thehumblei.com
Khawarij Ideology, ISIS Savagery: Part 3 of 3
20+ min read · · It has now been four years since I started this three part instalment. It’s been over three years since I wrote the rough outlines for this third and final part. One thing or another, however… · Shared by 5, including Naved Islam
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Conspiracy Theories: Do You See Shadows At Every Turn?
2 min read · · Are the various conspiracy theories that have etched their way into popular culture true? Maybe. Have the powerful elites of every age sought to band together to control, manipulate and exploit the… · Shared by 4, including Naved Islam
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Nations as Imagined Communities
3 min read · · What exactly is a nation? Why does the academic community struggle so much in defining what “nation” means? How do people come to identify with a particular nation? Why is that national identity so… · Shared by 4, including Naved Islam
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Mughal India: The Role of Law in Life
9 min read · · The Shari’ah is best distinguished from Islamic law. Islamic law, usul-al-fiqh, consists of four separate sources: the Qur’an, Hadith, the consensus of the Islamic community and analogical reasonin… · Shared by 4, including Naved Islam
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The Day I Die | Imam Omar Suleiman
20+ min read · · Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (may Allah be pleased with him) in the midst of the torture he endured at the hands of his oppressors used to say: baynana wa baynahum aljanaa’iz, which means, “the difference between us and them will show in our funerals.” The man who instigated the ideological deviation that led to his […] · Shared by 6, including Naved Islam
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Are You Prepared for Marriage and Building a Family?
20+ min read · · Support MuslimMatters for Just $2 a Month MuslimMatters has been a free service to the community since 2007. All it takes is a small gift from a reader like you to keep us going, for just $2 / month. The Prophet (SAW) has taught us the best of deeds are those that done consistently, even […] · Shared by 6, including Naved Islam
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Sri Lankan Muslims To Fast In Solidarity With Fellow Christians
~13 min read · · On Sunday morning Sri Lankan Christians went to their local churches for Easter services, as they have done for centuries. Easter is a special occasion for Christian families in ethnically diverse Sri… · Shared by 6, including Naved Islam
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What Fasting Demands From Us
20+ min read · · The following is an English translation of “Rozah Humsay Kia Muṭālbah Karta Hai” by Shaykh al-Islam Mufti Muhammad Taqī ‘Uthmāni, which was published by Idārat-ul-Ma‘ārif Karachi in 2012 CE/1433 AH. · Shared by 7, including Naved Islam
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Shaykh Hamza Yusuf And The Question of Rebellion In The Islamic Tradition
20+ min read · · Support MuslimMatters for Just $2 a Month MuslimMatters has been a free service to the community since 2007. All it takes is a small gift from a reader like you to keep us going, for just $2 / month. The Prophet (SAW) has taught us the best of deeds are those that done consistently, even […] · Shared by 9, including Naved Islam
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Parallelizing the Past to the Present
6 min read · · In his book My Name is Red, Orhan Pamuk tells a story of miniaturists in sixteenth century Istanbul that provokes reflection on contemporary events in the world.[1] While the connection between the… · Shared by 4, including Naved Islam
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Are We Becoming Bored of God?
4 min read · · THIS IS AN OBSERVATION that may be limited to my tiny window of experience; and it is something I’ve been aware of since the early 1990s. Which is that we Muslims are ready and eager to read stuff … · Shared by 6, including Naved Islam
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Islamic Time Management (1) : The Ultimate Hack in Islam
3 min read · · Did you know that any good deed you do could be rewarded anywhere between one, to 10X, to 700X or ‘even more’? Two people could both be working at a task, let’s say writing a report for work. One gets… · Shared by 4, including Naved Islam
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Spiritual Pitfalls for the Muslim Blogger
7 min read · · This is an article I wrote recently for a series on Islam & the Internet at SuhaibWebb.com. May Allah help us to write and blog in a way that is spiritually elevating for us and for those who … · Shared by 4, including Naved Islam
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Troubled by Some Scholars’ Opinions
5 min read · · For the Struggling Student by Shazia Ahmad Question: Recently, my interest in studying Islam in depth has grown, and I’ve been reading some books on a number of topics in the Islamic Sciences… · Shared by 4, including Naved Islam
