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Archive for January, 2018
Islam and the Question of Nationalism (Zaid Shakir)
Introduction The nation-state, which involves wedding a specific people to a sovereign territorial entity, is a modern phenomenon. For example, the unity of the Italian city-states into a coherent modern nation-state did not occur until the late 1850s. The unification of Germany under Prussia did not occur until 1871. Even though there were many French kingdoms, and even a French[Read More…]
On a terror and mass migration (Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi)
Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi (originally Ian Dallas) entered Islam with the Imam of the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez, Morocco, and studied under Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib of Meknes and Shaykh Muhammad al-Fayturi of Benghazi. Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi has been responsible for the most far-reaching and successful Islamic Da’wa of the 20th century. He has founded mosques in England, Spain[Read More…]
Who is Muhammad (ﷺ)?
The Two White Muslims discuss the Prophet Muhammad (May the peace blessings and mercy of God be with him).
How was the Quran first put together? (part 1)
How was the Quran first put together? How did it come assume the form in which we have it today? In this video, Dr. Lumbard discusses the understanding of the collection of the Quran in Islamic sources. This video goes up until the death of the Prophet (SAWS) in 632. Part II focuses upon the collection of the Quran after[Read More…]
Two White Muslims (Intro of the Youtube channel)
The Two White Muslims bring you “Inislam”, a free video resource to enable you to develop your understanding of the religion of Islam. 21 videos each of 3-5 minutes duration cover every aspect of Islam. The complete course is designed for non-Muslims and Muslims alike. We hope you enjoy them.
Social media’s culture: An Islamic perspective
Anyone who follows social media or even cable news has wittingly or unwittingly come across what is called, for better or for worse, ‘Call-Out Culture,’ namely the phenomenon of representatives of particular points of view, often social justice or anti-racism advocates, drawing public attention to what they view a discriminatory, oppressive or insensitive words or conduct. Calling-Out has become increasingly frequent,[Read More…]
Caucasian and European
We’ve got an interesting commentary about using the term “Caucasian”, “Caucasian Muslims”: “I think you are talking about White European Muslims. I am a descendant of Caucasian Muslims and those are not our issues. Caucasian is a fake umbrella term for white people. If you do not come from Dagestan, Chechnya, or that area, you are not Caucasian. …Now that[Read More…]
Raheem Kassam and Co as a case for European Muslims
Raheem Kassam and European Muslims’ Reasonable Attitude Towards Immigration Problem Recently, a British Pakistani, Raheem Kassam, was in the center of the media’s attention. Judging from his name and appearance, one of leaders of British Muslim community or someone who is friendly to it like, Sadiq Khan or Baronnes Warsi could be expected. As it turns out, Raheem Kassam is[Read More…]
European Muslim Movement 2.0
Though there were some precedents of maintaining Islam within European nations, more than that – there are whole European Muslim nations – such phenomena, as European Muslim Movement, is fallen to last decades of last century. When we speak about European Muslim Movement, we do not assuming creating branches of Islamic movements from the Middle East or Indian Subcontinent[Read More…]
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