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By Dr. Waffie Mohammed| 08/9/2010Recent News
Ground zero is hallowed ground.
- Published 09/1/2010
Ground Zero's Slave Graves
By Jen Phillips
I find the righteous outrage of those contending the former World Trade
Center site is "hallowed ground" amusing, because they have no idea just
how right they are. Before the World Trade Center was even designed
(with Islamic architectural elements,incidentally), the ground was indeed sacrosanct: The bones of some
20,000 African slaves are buried 25 feet below Lower Manhattan. As at
least 10 percent
of West African slaves in America were Muslims, it's not out of bounds
to extrapolate that ground zero itself was built on the bones of at
least a few Muslim slaves. That is to say, hallowed Muslim ground.
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The Big Picture from the Boston Globe
- Published 09/1/2010
The Boston Globe features pictures of Muslims engaged in Ramadan 2010 activities. "Muslim men and women across the world are
currently observing Ramadan, a month long celebration of
self-purification and restraint. During Ramadan, the Muslim community
fast, abstaining from food, drink, smoking and sex between sunrise and
sunset. Muslims break their fast after sunset with an evening meal
called Iftar, where a date is the first thing eaten followed by a
traditional meal. During this time, Muslims are also encouraged to read
the entire Quran, to give freely to those in need, and strengthen their
ties to God through prayer. The goal of the fast is to teach humility,
patience and sacrifice, and to ask forgiveness, practice self-restraint,
and pray for guidance in the future. This year, Ramadan will continue
until Thursday, September 9th." The Boston Globe
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Featured Articles
Abdul Ghany (c1862- 1951) - A Muslim Patriach
- By Canon J.D. Ramkeeson M.A.
- Published 07/27/2010
- Nation Builders -Trinidad
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Reproduction of a tribute to the late Abdul Ghany, President General of the Tackveeyatul Association Inc. in 1951 by the late Canon J.D. Ramkeeson, M.A. as appeared in the Port of Spain Gazette August 28th 1951.
Recent Articles
Rethinking Islamic Reform
- By Oxford University Islamic Society
- Published 09/1/2010
- Ancillary Topics
- Unrated
The Rethinking Islamic Reform conference, originally held May 26, 2010,
featured two of the world's foremost Muslim intellectuals as they
provide guidance in the ever polemical topic of reform in Islam.
Oxford University Islamic Society was honoured to have hosted Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson (Zaytuna Institute, USA) and Professor Tariq Ramadan (Oxford University, UK) to participate at this ground-breaking conference.
The conference addressed the phenomena of how, in the post 9/11 world, it has grown to be an axiomatic truth that Islam needs to reform. Whether it is Western policy-makers seeking to protect themselves from Muslim extremists, humanitarian activists fighting to liberate silenced Muslims, or Muslims themselves responding to new paradigms faced in the 21st century, all are agreed that something within Islam needs to change. The question though, is what, and perhaps more pertinently, how?
The distinguished guest speakers are well placed to answer. Invitations for this event extended to ministers, policy advisors, think tanks, journalists, theologians, scholars and other public figures with an interest in the field of Islamic Reform.
Oxford University Islamic Society was honoured to have hosted Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson (Zaytuna Institute, USA) and Professor Tariq Ramadan (Oxford University, UK) to participate at this ground-breaking conference.
The conference addressed the phenomena of how, in the post 9/11 world, it has grown to be an axiomatic truth that Islam needs to reform. Whether it is Western policy-makers seeking to protect themselves from Muslim extremists, humanitarian activists fighting to liberate silenced Muslims, or Muslims themselves responding to new paradigms faced in the 21st century, all are agreed that something within Islam needs to change. The question though, is what, and perhaps more pertinently, how?
The distinguished guest speakers are well placed to answer. Invitations for this event extended to ministers, policy advisors, think tanks, journalists, theologians, scholars and other public figures with an interest in the field of Islamic Reform.
The House of Saud
- By Frontline Documentary
- Published 08/31/2010
- Ancillary Topics
- Unrated
The House of Saud has controlled every aspect of Saudi life and
politics since the kingdom was established in 1932. But outside the
Desert Kingdom, little is known about Saudi Arabia's secretive royal
family. In "House of Saud," Frontline explores how the Al Saud family
maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between
Islam and modernity. Through interviews with members of the royal
family, government officials and other experts from Saudi Arabia and the
U.S., the two-hour documentary also traces America's relations with the
Saudi royal family from their first alliance in the 1930s through Sept.
11 and beyond to the present day.
Islam in Jamaica
- By Musa Owusu
- Published 08/30/2010
- Jamaica
- Unrated
Get a glimpse of the Muslim community on the island of Jamaica and some
of the Muslim places of worship. As the fastest growing faith in the
world, there are also an increasing number of individuals in Jamaica
embracing the Faith of Islam. Learn how Islam actually has a very long
history on the island. There are three or four other Masjids (places of worship) not seen on these videos. Footage
was taken Jul. and Aug. 2010. Audio tracks (without instruments) are
from Muslim Belal, Abdullah Rolle, Mecca 2 Medina, No Beats Necessary,
Ahmad Bukhatir and Sh. Mishary al-Afasi.
Conveying the rewards of the good deeds of the living to the deceased
- By Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki
- Published 08/20/2010
- Aqidah-Creed
- Unrated
The Tahqiq ul Amal fi ma yanfa ul mayyit min a 'amal [The realization of aspirations regarding that which benefits the deceased from among good deeds] is a polemical engagement on matters around the issue of isal thawab 'ala al mayyit, that is, the living gifting the rewards of their good deeds to the deceased. The typical Salafi position allows this under stipulations delimited by certain ahadith. The conferral of deeds not covered by these stipulations are regarded as bid'ah- a blameworthy innovation. The traditional recital of the Quran (particularly Surah Ya Sin) in order to confer its reward to the latter, its group recitation or recitation at the grave for the same purpose, the recital of the tahlil and so forth would all, at various levels of severity, be regarded as problematic.
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A guiding, knowledgeable word regarding bid`ah and its rulings
- By Shaykh Wahbi Sulayman al-Ghawiji
- Published 08/20/2010
- Fiqh-Legal Understanding
- Unrated
A
guiding, knowledgeable word regarding bid`ah and its rulings
By Shaykh Wahbī Sulaymān al-Ghāwijī
Translated
by IPSA students under the guidance of Shaykh Mahdi Hendricks
Translated from the original Arabic : kāmihā”)“Kalimatul
‘Ilmīyyah Hādiyah fil bid‘ah wa ah
Published by Dārul Muslim lil
nashr wal tawzī‘, Beirut, 1991
This translation by International Peace Varsity
South Africa, 2010
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