Category: Islam
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Arguing Over Creed in Black Muslim America; Following the Yellow Brick Road. Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Most people, even scholars cannot tell you the difference, or even explain to you in detail the differences between Maatureediyya and Ash’ariyyah aqeeda (creed), or elucidate the details of each one. Some Ash’ari and Sunni scholars consider the Maatureediyya the people of bid’ah. (It gets messy) lol. Aqeeda wrangling is messy business period. It was…
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Is Legitimate Black American Muslim Independent Thought Possible? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Black American Muslim Independent Thought. For hundreds of years, even since the time of the Prophet (SAWs) the Muslim world were sworn enemies against the Christian and non-Muslim world and vice versa That hostility and conflict continued through the crusades. colonization, the toppling, and overthrow of Muslim states through western military and political hegemony, intervention,…
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The Bamboozling of Black American Muslims. Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
This is not a difficult topic for me to write about. However, it is difficult for many to read about if addressed candidly and honestly. Censorship, is still very much an unspoken rule and a one sided conversation in Muslim America when it comes to issues of race and the relationship between Muslim immigrant communities…
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Black American Imams Seen but Rarely Heard. Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
In fact, Black American Imams aren’t seen that much either. Not speaking independently on any national stage. In Muslim America today, Black American Imams are rarely viewed as equal to other Imams, especially if they open their mouths with anything that rejects the prevailing narrative of Black American Muslim intellectual inferiority to immigrant Muslims. That…
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Muslim Activism, and the Companions of the Prophet SAWS, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
ACTIVISM AMONST THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET (SAWS) The Prophet (SAWS) was a strong proponent of leadership development. The sharia supports a broad range of Islamic work and activism, in organization, leadership, follow-ship, accountability, delegation of authority, fealty, contractual agreements, treaties, military, and governance. That was the way of the Arabs even before Islam and…
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What is an Ijaaza Anyway? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
WHAT IS AN IJAAZA ANYWAY? (because someone asked) The word ‘Ijaaza’ in the Arabic language, literally means ‘permission’. In the terminology of traditional Islamic knowledge and scholarship, ijaaza is when a student of knowledge seeks permission from a teacher or shaykh to listen or to receive narrations of knowledge from the shaykh, that the shaykh…
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THE REAL UMAR IBN AL-KHATTAAB, THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL. Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Abu Hafs, Umar ibn al-Khattaab, is regarded as the second closest companion to the Messenger of Allah after Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. If you only read two or three paragraphs of history about Umar ibn al-Khattaab, you might walk away thinking he was a brute or a barbarian as some Muslims have (ignorantly) described him. On…
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Arguing Over Aqeeda in Black Muslim America, a Disaster in the Making, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Actually it’s more like a disaster already made. Our obsession with aqeeda inquisition and aqeeda wrangling is not something we came up with on our own. In fact, the role that aqeeda plays in our division, in our domestic dialogue, in our masjid politics, and in our priority assignment, is not organic; it is totally…
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What Every Muslim Man Should Know About Being a Man, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
A lot of sisters came out of the dunya ready to practice Islam to the fullest, but when brothers started to play games and act like little boys, things went sour. Let’s not forget that part. Too many of our men these days, especially Black Muslim men in Muslim America, are falling apart. That is…
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love and Why Do People Play Games With Marriage? Imam Luqman Ahmad
Marriage is one of the most important contracts that a person will enter into this life. It can impact much of your life, your future, and the future of your children. I keep hearing about ‘game’ between Muslim brothers and sisters when approaching and entering into marriages. I know what game is, I’m not that…
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