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Shaykh Hamza Yusuf on Gay Muslims: Scholars issue statement

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf:
“Muslims are constantly being accused of not condemning these types of attacks, even though I don’t have any control over what other people do, and they don’t represent me or my faith. Nobody associates all Seventh-day Adventists with David Koresh, who belonged to a splinter sect, or all of Judaism with Meir Kahane. But when these things happen, the whole religion of Islam is besmirched. We’re trapped in this constant cycle of: events, condemnation; events, condemnation. And then people still say, “Why don’t Muslims condemn these things?”

Ramadan – Mission Impossible?!

By Khalil Moya “If you described the full list of things a believing Muslim does in Ramadan, the average non-Muslim in the street would say that they couldn’t do it. It’s ‘Mission Impossible,’ but you and I know that with Faith and Taqwa, Allah makes the impossible possible…”

The value of one glass of water

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Imam Ali says: “The sin that makes you sad and repentant, is more liked by Allah than the good deed (years of pious personal prayer) which turns you arrogant.”

Death of Muhammad Ali

By Arshad Gamiet
“As Ali was leaving the hospital, he found some very poor people waiting in the corridor. Ali pulled out his wallet and gave each one a $100 bill. In the 1960s, that was a lot of money. Ali thought nothing of it. He just gave the money and without waiting for thanks, he walked away. He never ignored the poor, the sick and the destitute. Ali must have known that he would find Allah there with them, just as the Hadith says…”

Allah will respond

By Khalil Moya
“Most of us hate to be asked, but Allah loves to be asked… Even Shaitaan pleaded with Allah for respite till Judgement Day, and Allah granted his plea.”

Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews in WW2

Forwarded by Dr A Rahman Khan
“Albania was the only European country to have more Jews after the war than before it began. In today’s difficult times, stories like these need to be appreciated more widely. During the Nazi occupation of WW2, at great personal risk, many Albanian families hid Jewish families, treating them as their own…”

NHS Ramadan Health Guide

Forwarded by Dr A Rahman Khan
“This Guide is essential reading, especially for those who have health concerns and who want to fast during this blessed month.”