Global Intifada

Currently listening to Dr. Umar’s lecture.
Apparently, the lectures are largely based off of his PhD dissertation which I have obtained from Da’wood.
:)
Interestingly enough, I also obtained some of George Makdisi’s articles that Dr. Umar also references as ‘reliable sources’. Thanks to Br. Alexander Lahoz.
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. . . when we can’t even control our own selves?
We speak of ideologies as if they are the solution. The Qur’an has become merely a ‘constitution’. Men without beards defend the Sunnah. Those who declare Believers to be Disbelievers have an uncanny similarity to the Khwaraaj.
Slogans without substance.
Islam without iman.
We have the means, but […]

Currently Reading: “The Madinan Way” by Ibn Taymiyya which discusses “[t]he Soundness of the Basic Premises of the School of the People of Madina.”
Excerpt:
“As for Muwatta’ and books like it, they were written in the manner of the scholars who wrote at that time. In the time of the Messenger of Allah , may Allah […]

The following books came in today:
1. “Islamic Jurisprudence” by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee2. “The Origins of Islamic Law” by Yasin Dutton3. “The Madinan Way” by Ibn Taymeeyah4. “The Methodology of Ijtehad” by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee5. “The Fundamentals of Ijtehad” by Muhammad Taqi Amin
6. Also, Dr. Umar Farooq Abdullah’s lectures on “The Principal Imams […]

So, I was killing time in between the Multiple Choice and the Essay portions of my Property exams when I came up with an idea for writing a paper
The topic of the paper will be a comprehensive scrutiny of the phenomenon of terrorism.
The basic premises of this paper will be the following:
I. Terrorism is a […]

Aside from a possible trip to New Orleans or other areas affected by Hurricane Katrina and a possible trip to Florida and possibly going on tableegh, my plans for the winter vacation are as follows:
1. Continue doing research on Sufis and Jihad2. Start doing reserach on Ulema as political activists3. Finish the refutation of “The […]

Sufi Mujahideen
More often than not, the term “Sufi” invokes images of twirling Dervishes lost in ecstasy, strange people who engage in exotic practices that seem antithetical to Islamic legal traditions, or apolitical mystics fixated in meditation. In addition to the misconception that Sufism is inherently heterodox, perhaps the greatest misconception is that it is passive […]

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Many people know ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza’iri for his resistance to the French in Algeria. However, few people are aware that he was a Sufi and a staunch defender of Ibn ‘Arabi at that.
The following article eludicates his contributes to Tasawwuf:
God and the Perfect Man in the Experience of ‘Abd al-Qâdir al-Jaza’iri

by Itzchak Weismann

During the […]

The following articlesare my first systematic attempt at explaining my theories of intellectual revolution, revival through the Islamic sciences, global Islamic revolutions, and the establishment of a Universal Islamic government.
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The Role of Intellectual Revolution in the Unification of the Ummah
Out of all the generations of the Ummah of Muhammed (saw), ours is the one that […]