Believe as I believe – that responsibility for rectifying the problems of the world rests with the Muslims. And in order for Muslims to live up to our responsibility, we need to be united. And To achieve unity, then we need to seek a robust methodology that is simple yet profound in its impact – that methodology being knowledge and action.
The best strategy for prevention is to dismantle terrorist ideologies using the same Quran and the same narrations of the prophet that are misunderstood by them. This is a task that can only be accomplished by established independent credible Muslim scholars. The war on terror therefore is as much a war on ignorance and misguidance, as much as it is a war against the terrorists themselves.
We all have habits that we may not like or that which may not be liked by Allah. As a result of this, we feel its negative effect in our lives. By its nature, a habit is basically something ingrained and hardwired in our mind. The best way to get over it, is not to try to stop the habit straight away, rather by starting and working on a counter habit. I wanted to share with you a process that I follow to work on starting a new habit that counters a bad habit that I have. It is the following 6 steps..
The so-called “marriage contract” cooked up by a several Muslim organizations in UK gets a scathing review by Shaykh Haitham al-Haddad. MM is trying to get comment from our Shayookh as well, though I should add that anyone who reads the contract can see right through its progressive, and almost blatant anti-traditionalist slant.
*The conclusion or answer to the question of permissibility can be found towards the bottom of this article, after an analysis of the many opinions on this issue. Ultimately, the
Here is the third and final part of this essay. Please see part 1 here and part 2 here. With religion playing such an important role in the life of
This is the second of three parts of this essay. Please see the first part here.  Look for part 3 next Friday! –MuslimMatters Ladies and Gentlemen, given the less than flattering
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