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Faith on Trial: Relevant or Redundant?
Islamic scholarship was once the greatest force for human evolution and advancement, from pioneering the physical and life sciences to giving birth to the Renaissance but today Islamic scholarship is being charged with becoming redundant and irrelevant to the people who need it most. Judge: Amjad Malik QC and Defendant: Dr Jasser Auda. Asif Hussein leads the Prosecution with special witnesses: for Arts & Culture Luqman Ali; Gender Issues Dr Laura Zahra McDonald and Politics Nabil Ahmed. Through personal narrative and case studies, we explore how Islam has or has not met up to the challenges of modern society. ...
Read MoreA Forum Discussion among the three Abrahamic Faiths
Three panelists representing the three major Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) will discuss religiously sanctioned violence in their respective scriptures at this year’s first Stuart Ivison Memorial Lecture at First Baptist Church Ottawa on Jewish representative Rabbi Idan Scher (Congregation Machzikei Hadas), Christian representative Dr. Brian Butcher (St. Paul University), and Muslim representative Dr. Jasser Auda (Carleton University) will consider the history of violence in the name of religion, the endorsement of violence by the respective scriptures, current day implications for extremists and terrorists, and how best we might interpret scripture in the 21st century. Moderator Scott Kindred-Barnes (Minister, First Baptist Church) will also be asking each panelist how their respective traditions might move beyond the current trends of violence in some sectors and support a multi-faith, universal peace. The Stuart Ivison Memorial Lecture Series at First Baptist Church Ottawa is named after First Baptist’s longest serving minister and features monthly speakers from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. This season’s theme is Living a Faithful Life. Holy Scripture and Religious Violence: A Forum Discussion among the three Abrahamic faiths takes place at First Baptist Church Ottawa on April 6th at 7p.m. (doors open 6p.m.) Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. Read more: Holy Scripture and Religious Violence: A Forum Discussion among the three Abrahamic Faiths ...
Read MoreBulgarian translation: Отношението ни към “Хората на Писанието”, ахли-л-Китаб
Саламм (Мир), драги Майкъл, Благодаря за въпроса ти и затова, че се довери, питайки Ask About Islam. Най-напред искам да отправя към теб Ислямския поздрав – “Ассаламу алейкум”, “Мир ти пожелавам”. Tози поздрав пръв показва, че Ислямът е религия на мира. По отношение на връзката между Мюсюлманите и Хората на Писанието това, което Корана споменава по въпроса е, че за всеки Мюсюлманин опира до въпроса за вярата. Затова, в няколко точки, ще цитирам Корана. Част от задължителните части на вярата, е вяра в посланието на Пророк Мойсей (Муса мир нему), както и на всички останали пророци, посочени в Тората, тяхното напътствие и светлина. В Корана Аллах казва (превод на значението: Ние низпослахме Тората с напътствие в нея и със светлина. Пророците, които се отдадоха, съдят юдеите според нея; също така равините и правниците според онова от Писанието на Аллах, което им бе поверено да го пазят, и му бяха свидетели. И не се страхувайте от хората, а се страхувайте от Мен! И не продавайте Моите знамения на никаква цена! А който не съди според онова, което Аллах е низпослал тези са неверниците. (Aл- Ma’идa 5:44) Също така Бог казва, че Исус (Иса мир нему) само върви по стъпките на пророците преди него, проповядвали Тората и това, че Евангелието, дадено на Иса, също е “напътствие и поучение” – ето и думите от...
Read MoreWomen Area in Mosque: Too Many restrictions? (Part 4/4)
In this part, Dr. Jasser Auda concludes the series with discussion of where children should line within a mosque and whether women are solely responsible for them during prayer. Also, whether mosque’s gates should be open for both men and women or dedicated for each gender is also elaborated on in this article. Children’s status and place in mosque As for children, the observed practice during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was that the older among them would form separate rows. Sometimes the imam was a child like `Amr ibn Salamah in the Hadith referred to above. Yet, this practice rarely takes place in our age; few are the children who observe prayers properly with due concentration and Khushu`. It is thus more suitable that children be accompanied by their parents in mosque or have special halls where they can be taught and guided by volunteering males and females, especially in public occasions where there are big numbers of children. In fact, to instruct children during the Prayer by adults is one of the Practices of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Ibn `Abbas narrated: One night I stood to the left of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the prayer but he caught hold of me by the hand or by the arm till...
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