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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 towards a peaceful and civil existence. Islamism – like pre-renaissance and extremist Christian views – seek to control the state via a totalitarian ideology that does not give room for the civil society to grow in different ways and forms. Secularism, especially in its extreme forms, such as the...
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“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 to deal with “fear” of the people is to fear none but Allah, to hold on to the faith and its ethics, to defend oneself, and to form alliances with like-minded Muslims and non-Muslims in order to resist...
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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...
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