Al-Sayyid al-Jurjani defines deen as, “a divine convention that motivates rationally minded people – by way of their own praiseworthy choice – toward what is good in and of itself, being beneficial to them in this life and the next.”
By Dr Mohammed Omar Farooq Islam teaches us to submit completely and whole-heartedly. “O you who believe! Enter into Islam completely, whole-heartedly…” (Quran …
“There is no compulsion in Religion. But when we make any choice, it comes with responsibilities and there are consequences…”
“While ostensibly upholding and defending religion, a strongly ideological approach tends to undermine the deepest most profound aspects of religion. It binds men to specific ways of filtering and judging reality instead of doing what religion is meant to do – to bind men to God and thus unfold for them a perspicacious and penetrating insight..”
“Crimes that injure whole populations are wounds to the body of humanity. But fact-avoidance is the infection. It may be, that quite often, extremist violence is the very pus produced by a wound. If we continue to neglect wounds, they are sure to fester.”
“Truth and beauty are aspects of the same divine Reality. The truth and beauty of the Holy Quran will continue to inspire …
This Eidul Fitr khutbah was delivered in Kensington Mosque, Cape Town, South Africa, by Sheikh Abdullah Awaldien To listen to the Arabic …
A cardinal principle in the equation of human relationships is that all members of every human community should learn to care deeply …
