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The Ummah today, bleeds not only from bombs and blockades, but from a deafening silence. A silence that echoes in the face of open transgression, live streamed for the world to see. Among the greatest responsibilities placed on the shoulders of the Muslim Ummah, however, is the command to enjoin good (al-ma‘ruf) and forbid evil…
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The Ummah today does not suffer from a shortage of those who pray, nor does it lack those who fast, or those who have memorised the Qur’an. It is not void of those who make the minor and major pilgrimages (Umrah and Hajj), which are, in fact, the busiest they have ever been. The Ummah…
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The question of God’s existence is the most profound enquiry that any human being can undertake. In Islam, belief in the existence of God is not derived through merely a matter of spiritual sentiment, through blind faith or through inherited tradition. Instead, the Islamic approach insists that belief (iman) in Allah must arise from enlightened,…
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The recent lifting of some sanctions on Syria has been welcomed by many as a long-awaited relief after years of suffering. And understandably so, any easing of hardship for our brothers and sisters in Syria is something no sane Muslim would oppose. But to make the entire discussion about this point is not only sensationalist,…
Deen and Discourse 