European Muslim women in Granada
A conversation with the group of European Muslim women in Granada.
Archive for March, 2018
How to understand Prophetic Speech – Jonathan Brown
He (Muhammad) ﷺ does not speak of his own desire. It is no less than an Inspiration sent down to him ﷺ (Surah Najm, 53:3-4) The Qur’an repeatedly commands every Muslim to follow the Prophetic example. The Traditions (Ahadith) of the Prophet ﷺ, often more than the Qur’an, govern Muslim life in their ability to articulate practice of the faith. The[Read More…]
Estranged kinsmen by shaykh Ahmad Ali Adani
In a previous article we published on this site, titled “The Fourteenth Tribe”, we mentioned that the Libyan linguist Ibn Manzūr, in his celebrated Arabic lexicon, Lisān al-‘Arab, matter-of-factly referred to the Rūm as “a well-known human stock; the singular is called Rūmī. Their lineage is ultimately traced back to ‘Īsū, a son of Prophet Ishāq, peace upon him”. The works[Read More…]
European Islam – an attempt at operationalisation
European Islam – an attempt at operationalisation, an essay by Hamdija Begovic We are constantly hearing about a so-called “European Islam” that needs to emerge if our future presence on the continent is to become conflict-free. By establishing such an Islam, customised for Europe, we will be accepted, it is claimed; it will enable us all to experience a new[Read More…]
Bosnian song – Sultan Suleiman became ill
Sultan Suleiman became ill, aman aman Padishah.. On the seventh day of Šehri Ramadan, aman aman Ramadan.. His son Ibrahim asked him, aman aman Ibrahim O, my father, Suleiman Sultan, aman aman Suleiman Are you sad, father, about dying, aman aman, about dying? Are you sad about leaving the Empire and Istanbul, aman aman, Istanbul? Sultan Suleiman replied to him,[Read More…]
On European Muslim nationalism
In theory, we know that Muslims should be a single political body – the Ummah. In practice, however, we see that the Saudis are at odds with Qataris, the Emirates with the Turks, the Egyptians with the Sudanese, the Pakistanis with the Bangladeshis and so on. Also, Ibn Khaldun explained why, long before the creation of modern nation-states, the Ummah[Read More…]
The Influence of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali on René Descartes
René Descartes (c.1596–1650), was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, and the “father of modern philosophy”. As this title shows, René Descartes is considered one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of all time, due to his contributions to modern Western philosophy and his break from the traditional Scholastic-Aristotelian philosophy widespread in his day. But were Descartes’ ideas original?[Read More…]
The Void in Islamic Art: Titus Burckhardt
Strictly speaking, the forbidding of images in Islam refers only to images of the Divinity; it is thus situated in the perspective of the Decalogue, or more exactly of Abrahamic monotheism, which Islam renews: in its last as in its first manifestation, this monotheism is directly opposed to idolatrous polytheism;[1] the plastic image of the Divinity—according to a “dialectic” both[Read More…]
A language, idealism and the reality
Last time, we already talked about the fact that the use of language alone is incapable of creating or eliminating an organically rooted identity. This time we would like to touch upon another misconception that the supporters of such a view have. Namely, their notion of language as something spiritual, while blood relationship is considered to be materialistic. [Read More…]
Dutch Muslim Dennis: I became more aware of my culture and race
A conversation of Dutch Muslim Dennis Honig with Haroun Sidorov, CEO of I4E As-salamy aleykum, Dennis! 1. Please, tell us about you. Where are you from, what is your background, occupation, etc. Wa aleykumu as-salam! My name is Dennis Honing, i am 27 years old, father of 4 kids. I have converted to Islam in 2008, alhamduli-Llah. First I was copying[Read More…]
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