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Kalam and Islam
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Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller. And the real creedal reasons that make one a Muslim or non-Muslim. Nuh Keller examines them in the following address given at the Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, Jordan. This is not an isolated assessment. When the Imam of the late Shafii school Ibn Hajr al-Haytami was asked for a fatwa identifying ashab al-bida. Who needs rational theology anyway? And what relevance does it have today? Or "unbelief" is wrong and punished by hell. Every Muslim mus...34;The Me...
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Allah's Names and Attributes
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Allahs Names and Attributes. By Sh G. F. Haddad. Following is a list of Allahs Beautiful Names and Attributes. Ism al-Dhat al-Qudsiyya = The Name of the Divine Essence. Ism al-Jalala = The Sublime Name. Al-Ism al-Azam = The Most Magnificent Name. The King, The Sovereign. The Guardian, the Preserver. The Almighty, the Self-Sufficient. The Powerful, the Irresistible. The Fashioner of Forms. The Opener, the Victory-Giver. The All-Knowing, the Omniscient. The Restrainer, the Straitener. The Giver of Honor.
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Extremism In The Modern World
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Extremism is today a global phenomenon. It is not the specific attribute of a religion such as Islam, [7]. As there is Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist extremism - only these are less reported - and it is not even an attribute of religion as such. In fact extremism is at the expense of religion itself. Excerpts From A Talk. Extremism In The Modern World. By Prof. Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr [3]. Edited by Omar K Neusser. Rdquo;Why is it that we are faced with this incredible meeting of extremes? And thi...
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Modernized Muslims And Architecture
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Rdquo;The external environment that people create for themselves. Is no more than an externalization of their inner state.” S H Nasr. Islam In The Modern World, S. H. Nasr. Modernized Muslims And Architecture. From Chapter: The Architectual Transformation Of The Urban Environment In The Islamic World *. The external environment that people create for themselves is no more than an externalization of their inner state. As the saying goes, 'As within, so without.'”. Of the shahádah. Hellip; which reduces ev...
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1 - Notes On Islamic Awakening Between Rejection and Extremism
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This online-text is based on the second revised edition of Islamic Awakening Between Rejection And Extremism, (1991) by Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Extracts… quotes… Some parts of the text here have been updated with the help of the latest, the Third Edition (2006). This updated Second Edition is the pdf to the right here. The whole pdf-text of the Second Edition B is here for. The webtexts by Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi are:. Characteristics of Extremism ( part 1, below. Main Causes of Extremism ( part 2.
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Al-Azhar Sufism in Modern Egypt: The Sufi Thought (pt.1)
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With the term ’intellectual confusion’ coined by R. Guénon fn1. Is meant the inability of the modern mind, especially in the West - but not only there, to transcend the material world and discover the roots of the Sacred. Al-Azhar Sufism in Modern. Egypt: The Sufi Thought. Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi *. Pt1 - ed. Omar K Neusser. This account refers to the Egypt of the 1950ies to 1970ies. A present-day sketch is [ here ]. We regret the violent events of 20130814, [ orchestrated ]. Shaykh A.H. Mahmud fn4. Mahmud a...
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Problematic hadiths and various questions
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Problematic hadiths and various questions. Following are some explanations from the Ulema of Islam regarding a selection of highly authentic (sahih) hadiths and a couple of Quranic questions. Note: the Siddiqui and Khan translations from Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari respectively are not reliable and need to be double-checked. Muslim vol.IV,no.5790 concerning the Prophets. Birthmark being a sign of his prophethood. Muslim vol. I, no.458 concerning magic spells. Wrong numbering Chapter 5: WHILE CLEANING ...
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Know Your Lord
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Acc to `Ali bin Abi Tâlib (kAw). Ali immediately straightened up his sitting posture, and he replied, Hearken to me and do not worry! You need not to ask anyone else beside me about this subject! 96;Ali then added:. Was there first, and nothing ever existed besides Him. He did not commence from what or was intermingled with what! He is the omniscient Lord. Instead, it is God Almighty, Allah. Who encompasses everything. Therefore, if you are troubled, and if you have gone to the extend of asking quest...
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The Story of Hadith
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The Story of Hadith. On Obeying, Following,. Imitating, And Loving Prophet Muhammad. By Sh G. F. Haddad. Adiths come from the Bringer of the Quran. Upon him blessings and peace - and they were heard, practiced, narrated, preserved, and compiled according to his instructions and in obedience to Its commands. An integral condition of belief in Allah Himself by saying repeatedly Believe in Allah AND the Messenger. They also heard Allah again and again command them to Obey Allah AND the Messenger. The easies...
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Modernism And Postmodern Thought
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Modernism And Postmodern Thought. By Omar K Neusser. Based on: Traditional Islam In The Modern World; Seyyed H Nasr. Definitions of post/-modernism versus tradition. A Definition of Tradition. A Definition of Modernism. A Definition of Postmodernism. Characteristics of Modernism and Postmodern Thought. Postmodernism In A Nutshell. Higher Levels of Reality Eliminated. The Reduction of Human Nature. Principles Are Necessary to Transcend The Human Level. The Validity of the Modern Sciences. We are of the co...
