The Origin of Sins
“Whenever we do something wrong, we are acting against our own innocent, primordial human nature…”
In his rage against Muslims, Norway’s killer was no loner
“There is a continuum between the toxic bigotry of the mainstream media, EDL slogans and Breivik’s outpouring…”
America’s Rising Tide of Islamophobia
“The Norway attacks and Breivik’s citation of US bloggers reveal how mainstream far-right views on Muslims have become…”
“And fast till the onset of night…”
“By holding back the nafs from its activity and its sustenance, moments of stillness, of silence, are obtained – moments in which self-perception sharpens and deepens and spirit awakens and the (spiritual) form with which God created man begins to unfold itself.”
Religious Literacy: Empowering the Ordinary Muslim
“…(Prophet Muhammad’s) example might be likened to a medicine cabinet that has the cure for every disease but whose entire contents no individual need consume…”
How the Quran changed JR’s life
“In Makkah and Madinah I had seen with my very own eyes the magic of Islam’s great history. It was as if I was living the history…”
America’s barbaric treatment of my son John Walker Lindh
“In 1998, aged 17, my son John Walker Lindh travelled to Yemen to study Islam and learn Arabic. In April 2001 he went to Afghanistan. Then 9/11 happened. He was captured by US troops, tortured, and jailed for 20 years, an innocent victim of America’s ‘war on terror’…”
Lessons from Imam Shafi’i
OG lessons from imam shafi