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Nov 16
Italian translation of Lectures on the Civil State
Italian translation of lectures under the title: Lectures on the Civil State – Post-Islamism and Post-Secularism. I believe that humanity, East and West, is in need of a new definition of the relationship between religion and the state. Both extremes of the spectrum of political ideas are not moving humanity…
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Nov 16
“A lecture about what we are seeing unfolding in America is a typical story of “tyranny
Seattle, MAPS: Dealing with times of “fear”: My lecture at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound, MAPS, last Friday. The main point of my lecture was that what we are seeing unfolding in America is a typical story of “tyranny”, in its political, economic and religious forms. The best way…
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Nov 16
Surviving trying times in America: Friday Khutbah
Seattle, USA: This is a video of the Friday Khutba I delivered today at the Plymouth Church in downtown Seattle. The Khutba was on how to survive times of trial by deepening our faith, self-reflecting, defending ourselves and cooperating with others without compromising our Islamic principles.
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Nov 16
A Third Way? Re-strategizing for American Muslims
It is obvious from the exit polls and various analyses of the latest United States election that Donald Trump won basically because of the large voting block of the “white, male, non-college degree, Christian, rural” vote. It is true that the Republicans – unethically and opportunistically – utilized racism, greed,…
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Nov 16
Maqsid al-Shariah as Philosophy of Islamic Law A Systems Approach
Read: Philosophy of Islamic Law
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Nov 16
A Third Way? – Re-strategizing for American Muslims
It is obvious from the exit polls and various analyses of the latest United States election that Donald Trump won basically because of the large voting block of the “white, male, non-college degree, Christian, rural” vote. It is true that the Republicans – unethically and opportunistically – utilised racism, greed,…
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Nov 16
Q and A on Women in the Islamic Law, Bosnia
Q and A on Women in the Islamic Law, Nahla Women Association, Bosnia, May 2012.
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Nov 16
Ibn Ataa: How Sincerity Revives Actions
In his well-known book, Al-Hikam (Words of Wisdom), sheikh Ahmad Ibn `Ataa’illah As-Sakandari says: “Actions are like statues that only come to life with the spirit of sincerity”. Sincerity to Allah is more fundamental than relying on Allah, since it has to do with a deeper level of faith in Him,…
