Global Intifada

Kufi tip to Amad and Mujahideen Ryder for contacting me regarding this excellent movement by our ‘Ulema and leaders to stop engaging in vicious polemics or, in the very least, telling their students to stop harassing the hell out of scholars and students who ascribe to different methodologies.
Well, it seems like the era of the […]

One thing that has become extremely apparent to me over the summer is that many of our Muslim youth and elders are extremely partisan. They deem that the only way to please Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) is by sticking to a particular group or masjid as if it was the only group or masjid […]

This is an article that touches upon a subject that has, unfortunately, become way too common in the Muslim community.
You walk into the masjid for salah, and you see a group of about 15 people who you don’t normally see. They are influential people in the community, they live in the community, but why all […]

Fitnah seems to be everywhere these days; its as if it is coming out of the ground. This past week especially, there has been fitnah in my family (arguments over financing the purchase of a car) , fitnah among friends (the father of a girl I know tried to do an honor killing on her), […]

Is MSA National Dead? asks Mujahideen Ryder, based on their low election turnout.
Here’s my comment:
Assalamu alaikum
If MSA National is dead, its unsurprising. As a national organization, they focused more on charismatic leadership then effective organization. They implemented a paradox: becoming a national organization through grass roots movements. We had this discussion a few years ago […]

Perhaps one of the most destructive forces in the Ummah today is the disease of sectarianism; the mentality that one small group of people are a saved sect and all others are destined to hellfire either temporarily or for eternity. Alhumdulillah, the ‘Ulema have been trying their utmost to combat this fire from spreading any […]

Bismillah.
“O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for Allah , as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to Piety: and fear Allah . For Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.”
(Surat […]

So basically, I’ve begun research on the essay (outlined below) whose basic premise is that many of the claims that Sunnis are a ’sect’ that foment disunity is patently false and that history shows that Ahl us Sunnah waal Jam’ah has been one of the greatest sources of Muslim unity. It cannot be construed as […]

Alright, this slogan of “Muslim Unity” needs to be completely and utterly deconstructed. There is nothing more desirable for us as Muslims to unite, but lets just agree that we have no idea what we are talking about with regards to these two words:
Firstly, it is a phrase that is primarily emotional. It aims to […]

Unfortunately, many members of our community have developed a paranoid distrust of the ‘Ulema and blame them for the rampant sectarianism in our Ummah. Sectarianism is the effect of ignorance, not knowledge.
Imam Shatibi related in al-I’tisam that ‘Abdullah ibn Abbas (ra) explained the reason for difference among the Ummah, though our Messenger is one, our […]