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How to confront anti-Islam propaganda

There should be actions rather than reactions, the steps should be made after carefully examining the possible results, actions should be weighed by the scales of mind as well as the provisions and teachings of Islam. All the nation’s actions should be taken after thorough consultations and understanding between all the nation’s segments and denominations so that they agree on one opinion and the entire nation arrive on a unified attitude. In such a way the nation becomes unified against the enemies of Islam and its reactions to anti-Islam conspiracies become sound and conducive, balanced by the mind and abiding

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Preserving the Islamic identity

A Muslim’s personality should be built on the basis of the Islamic values and concepts conducive to creating an independent nation that is far from being influenced by other nations. The Muslim nation should be proud of its identity as it is rooted in such high values as Allah the Exalted warned against the Muslim nation being submitted to others as He said in the Holy Quran: (O you who have believed, do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection while they have disbelieved in what came to you of the truth, having driven

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At the time of Muslims Selling out their Religious Identity

By Ahmed Al Matani I have been blessed with the chance to travel to different parts of the world to learn about how people live and act. More specifically and extensively, I have been blessed to visit and live in the United States of America for more than one occasion. Living in the US has been a great eye opener for me to witness some of the phenomena and situations by some Muslims which require some discussions and analysis. One clear observation, I do not want to be judgmental, is the way some Muslims tend to negatively change to be

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What is Ibadism

Ibadism (al-Ibāḍiyya) attracts the interest of more and more scholars because of its rich history as a moderate branch and independent Islamic School within the Muslim community.  The origins of Ibadism go back to the first half of the Hijra. It emerged as a moderate branch during Islam’s first “civil war” or fitna (656-661), when the Muhakkima party, which advocated the principle “lā hukm illā li-lāh” (no judgment but God’s), opposed the arbitration between ‘Alī and Mu ‘āwiya at the Battel of Ṣiffīn (35-36H/656). Ibadism then spread to Baṣra in Iraq, where under the leadership of remarkable men, teachers, and

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How to confront anti-Islam propaganda

There should be actions rather than reactions, the steps should be made after carefully examining the possible results, actions should be weighed by the scales of mind as well as the provisions and teachings of Islam. All the nation’s actions should be taken after thorough consultations and understanding between all the nation’s segments and denominations so that they agree on one opinion and the entire nation arrive on a unified attitude. In such a way the nation becomes unified against the enemies of Islam and its reactions to anti-Islam conspiracies become sound and conducive, balanced by the mind and abiding

Read More »

Preserving the Islamic identity

A Muslim’s personality should be built on the basis of the Islamic values and concepts conducive to creating an independent nation that is far from being influenced by other nations. The Muslim nation should be proud of its identity as it is rooted in such high values as Allah the Exalted warned against the Muslim nation being submitted to others as He said in the Holy Quran: (O you who have believed, do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection while they have disbelieved in what came to you of the truth, having driven

Read More »

At the time of Muslims Selling out their Religious Identity

By Ahmed Al Matani I have been blessed with the chance to travel to different parts of the world to learn about how people live and act. More specifically and extensively, I have been blessed to visit and live in the United States of America for more than one occasion. Living in the US has been a great eye opener for me to witness some of the phenomena and situations by some Muslims which require some discussions and analysis. One clear observation, I do not want to be judgmental, is the way some Muslims tend to negatively change to be

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What is Ibadism

Ibadism (al-Ibāḍiyya) attracts the interest of more and more scholars because of its rich history as a moderate branch and independent Islamic School within the Muslim community.  The origins of Ibadism go back to the first half of the Hijra. It emerged as a moderate branch during Islam’s first “civil war” or fitna (656-661), when the Muhakkima party, which advocated the principle “lā hukm illā li-lāh” (no judgment but God’s), opposed the arbitration between ‘Alī and Mu ‘āwiya at the Battel of Ṣiffīn (35-36H/656). Ibadism then spread to Baṣra in Iraq, where under the leadership of remarkable men, teachers, and

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