Countries Archives - Dr. Jasser Auda

24 Dec 16

Smile, Allah bless you! Khutba. Toronto Masjid

Toronto: In the midst of what we face these days, it is necessary to remember the example of Prophet Muhammad (s), who never lost his smile. He smiled out of faith, hope, charity, education and encouragement. Smile, Allah bless you! is the title of this Khutba

05 Dec 16

Maqasid with Dr. Jasser Auda on Deen TV Episode 4

Rashaad Amra is an economist who works for the government of South Africa and one of my “A” students of Maqasid al-Shariah in South Africa’s International Peace College South Africa – IPSA Graduate Program. I ask him here on Deen TV some tough questions: What is it exactly we mean…

05 Dec 16

A visit to the Vatican City & a lecture at the Rome campus of Loyola University Chicago

In the same day, I visited the Vatican City and gave a lecture at the Rome campus of Loyola University Chicago – an American Jesuit Catholic University. I have to say that I found a stark contrast between the Jesuit values and what I saw at the Vatican! A…

05 Dec 16

Maqasid with Dr. Jasser Auda on Deen TV Episode 5

Yusuf Patel is a medical doctor and one of my “A” students of Maqasid al-Shariah in South Africa’s International Peace College South Africa – IPSA Graduate Program. I interview him here for the MAQASID program on Deen TV, and I asked him: What is “Islamic medicine”? What is Islamic bioethics?…

24 Nov 16

A new booklet published by Tawasul Centre for Research and Dialogue Italy

How do we realise Maqasid Al-Shariah in the Shariah? A new booklet published by Tawasul Centre for Research and Dialogue Italy – Series of Islamic Jurisprudence. To be launched in Rome, next week insha Allah. Here is a summary: This booklet explores how maqāṣid al-sharī˒ah (higher purposes and intents of…

24 Nov 16

Maqasid with Dr. Jasser Auda on Deen TV Episode 3

22 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…

08 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.

01 Nov 16

The Quran: The Mentor for Mankind

The Islamic Institute of Toronto (IIT) is one of those model mosques that truly apply the Sunnah of the Prophet (s) in men and women’s rows, without going to either extreme. I was happy to give the Khutba there last week (video link here) on the Quran as Allah’s guidance…

01 Nov 16

European Council for Fatwa and Research meeting

My presentation to the latest European Council for Fatwa and Research meeting, which was held last week and of which I am a member, focused on Islamic education in Europe and the west in general. The main point, which I wanted to share here, is that students of Islamic knowledge…