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The Quran: The Mentor for Mankind

The Quran: The Mentor for Mankind

Posted by | Nov 1, 2016 | , ,

The Islamic Institute of Toronto (IIT) is one of those model mosques that truly apply the Sunnah of the Prophet (s) in men and women’s rows, without going to either extreme. I was happy to give the Khutba there last week (video link here) on the Quran as Allah’s guidance and protection from “idol worshipping” in all of its forms, and delivered a couple other lectures in the same mosque. I was happy to see “normal” dealing between our brothers and sisters there, which reminded me of the hadith of Asma’ Bint AbuBaker (may Allah be pleased with them...

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Amb. Ebrahim Rasool – Maqasid Al- Shariah as a Philosophy

Amb. Ebrahim Rasool – Maqasid Al- Shariah as a Philosophy

Posted by | Nov 1, 2016 | ,

Dr. Ebrahim Rasool is the former Ambassador of South Africa to the US. He has a legacy of going to prison with Nelson Mandela and eventually being a minister in the first elected South African government after the fall of the Apartheid, and then an elected Premier of the Western Cape, the largest province in South Africa. I cherish our friendship and partnership on a number of educational projects, alhamduillah, and I am honoured with this review that he gave on my book, Maqasid al Shariah : As Philosophy of Islamic Law – Jasser Auda (video link above). He...

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European Council for Fatwa and Research meeting

European Council for Fatwa and Research meeting

Posted by | Nov 1, 2016 | , ,

My presentation to the latest European Council for Fatwa and Research meeting, which was held last week and of which I am a member, focused on Islamic education in Europe and the west in general. The main point, which I wanted to share here, is that students of Islamic knowledge in the west should NOT go to the east to learn about Islam, except for a very limited time. Traditional Islamic educational institutes, except for a few exceptions, teach their students ideas and ideologies that have quite a negative impact on Muslims in the west and in Muslim-minority countries....

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Trained Ulama, Muftis and Imams

Trained Ulama, Muftis and Imams

Posted by | Nov 1, 2016 | ,

One of the major needs for Muslim communities everywhere is trained Ulama, Muftis and Imams. Without proper training and especially versing them in Maqasid Al-Shariah, Imams and Muftis become victims of corrupt ideologies that claim falsely to be Islamic while they are the furthest from the principles of Islam, and the outcome is mischief in the mosques instead of good, complicating people’s problems instead of resolving them, and community destruction instead of community building. Honored to offer this training with Prof. Khalid Masud, a prominent scholar and judge from Pakistan, and our practical focus will be on Muslim family...

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Meeting with a group of Muslim students from different South African universities

Meeting with a group of Muslim students from different South African universities

Posted by | Oct 26, 2016 | , , ,

I met this morning with a brilliant group of Muslim students from different South African universities. I learnt from them about the aims and nuances of the student movement that is taking place these days in South Africa. I gave them my opinion: 1. Muslim students have to participate in the South African and global student movements that are calling for justice and equity. 2. Muslim students have to give an example of balance; they are part of the justice movement but they also do not condone injustices and aggression against innocent people. 3. Muslim students should not expect...

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