Turkey: How an iPhone defeated the tanks
By David Hearst, Editor Middle East Eye, 16 July 2016 To mount a coup, senior Turkish army officers from the commando units, …
New British PM: “Islam is a religion of peace and the majority of British Muslims reject violence”
“New British Prime Minister Teresa May quotes from the Quran. She says that Islam is a religion of peace, and that the vast majority of British Muslims reject political violence: They say, emphatically, “Not in my name”
Ten Pieces of Advice I’d give to my Twenty-Year Old Self Now that I’m Forty
By Dr Yasir Qadhi
“You will realize that over-enthusiasm and strongly held opinions are the quintessential signs of being young. Don’t judge others who disagree with your views too harshly: you just might find yourself holding those same views a few years or decades down the line!”
The Orlando Shooter Googled my name. I wish he had reached out to me
By Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson
“… in the chaotic tenor of our current culture, we lack an understanding the ancients deemed self-evident: the need for what the Japanese called bushido, the Arabs called “futuwwa,” and what we in the West once called paideia — a type of chivalrous education for young men, where they were challenged to “tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of the world,” as Aeschylus put it. This is what we lack. Youthful vigor should be channeled to engage in study of the normative Islamic tradition with an emphasis on the tools of learning. With knowledge to ground them, they can face the complexities and challenges of our time with wisdom, not rage.”
In memory of my father, Hasan Charles Le Gai Eaton
By his son, Leo Eaton
“It saddened my father – but never surprised him – to see how quickly his brothers and sisters in faith take offence and fight viciously amongst themselves over matters that mean nothing to God. But as he liked to say, “faith alone comes from God; religions come from man, and human nature does not easily adapt itself to the requirements of faith. The Prophet is reported to have said that, out of a herd of a hundred camels, you are lucky to find one good riding beast.” Read more….
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?”
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.”
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…”