2 of Allah’s 99 Names: Al Waliyy, and Mawla
By Dr Husni Hammuda
“Allah is the walii – the Protecting Friend – of the Believers. To show our love and gratitude to Him, we should avoid anything that displeases Allah…”
The Call of Islam: Peace and Moderation, Not Intolerance and Extremism
By Shaykh Sadullah Khan.
“Labeling something Islamic does not make it justifiable. Realize, that just because you are religious does not mean that you are right…”
Peace and Justice in Islam
By Imam Zaid Shakir
“We must clearly illustrate to the world that our religion is indeed the religion of peace. However, our striving for peace must never allow us to be unjust, nor should it allow us to passively accept injustices. We must take a stand for justice, as we are ordered in the Qur’an…”
The value of Sabr, – (patient perseverance, endurance)
By Dr Hossam Roushdi
“The true Believer accepts everything that Allah has decreed for him, with the firm conviction that even if things look bad, it is ultimately good for him…”
Quran Gems: Sura’s al Fatiha
By Nouman Ali Khan
In this short video, Ustad Nouman Ali Khan draws attention to the remarkable structure of the first chapter of the Holy Quran.
This is a one of a series of interesting videos dealing with different chapters and verses in Islam’s Holy Book
South African Muslims reject the violence of extremists
“Warfare does not absolve the members of any Islamic caliphate, state or entity from the responsibility of human rights and the rules of engagement where women, children and the elderly as well as civilian non-combatants [are concerned]. Their lives and property are never targeted, but safeguarded,”
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad on Islamic Education
“The region with the densest and most inventive Islamic education is Indonesia. There are over 100,000 Islamic colleges in Java alone; and many are pioneering new models of spiritually-rooted education that fights the modern tendency to fragment knowledge, by reuniting everything under the principle of Tawhid…”
The Qur’an’s ultimate disclosures
By Shaykh Fadlallah Haeri
“What is the essential message of the Quran?.. Tawheed, Divine Unity, God-centricity….. and the infinite variety of pairs, complimentary opposites, multiplicity that emanates from Unity….. ; Guidance for frail humanity: creatures of earth, of time/space, longing for eternity…”