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Gender barriers in the mosque: is it a Sunnah?

“I would argue that the root of the problem is not the barrier itself, because we cannot deny that some women enjoy the privacy it affords, allowing them to unabashedly rest or even nurse, but rather the lack of choice on the matter. We were never asked whether or not we would like a separation between us and the Imam…”

Cultivating Patience

By Shaykh Hasan Elwan

How do we cultivate patience? How do we tame our lower passions? How do we rise above our instinctive, animal nature? How can we develop inner peace, equilibrium? How can we become content with whatever Allah sends our way, hard or easy?

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Jihad and Hanukkah

“Unfortunately, the struggle (Jihad) for religious freedom exemplified by Hanukah still goes on. Thank God, those of us who live in democratic states can fight for religious freedom non-violently within the laws of our own countries. This was not the situation in the past…”

Responding to hate, by Shaykh Ismail Londt

By Sheikh Ismail Londt, Masjid Awwal, Cape Town, 21 February 2014

How should Muslims respond to hatred and prejudice? What example has Prophet Muhammad sws set for us?

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