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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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Q and A on Women in the Islamic Law, Bosnia
Q and A on Women in the Islamic Law, Nahla Women Association, Bosnia, May...
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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 and protection from “idol worshipping” in all of its forms, and delivered a couple other lectures in the same mosque. I was happy to see “normal” dealing between our brothers and sisters there, which reminded me of the hadith of Asma’ Bint AbuBaker (may Allah be pleased with them...
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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 in the west should NOT go to the east to learn about Islam, except for a very limited time. Traditional Islamic educational institutes, except for a few exceptions, teach their students ideas and ideologies that have quite a negative impact on Muslims in the west and in Muslim-minority countries....
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