Category: Islam
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The Case For Empowering Muslim Women, by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
Muslim Women have as much right to religious knowledge as they do to secular education. One of the most effective ways to empower our women, strengthen them in their struggle for respect, fair treatment, and in their fight against abuse and injustice, is through the acquisition of religious knowledge.
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Islam; Submission, or peace? By Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
“Islam does not belong to us, it is the religion of Allah sub’haanahu wa ta’ala and we do not have the authority to change it’s meaning. Not for Da’wah, not for the press, not for our detractors, not for anybody.”
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The Post Janaaza Repast: Permissible or Not? by Shaykh Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
In short, if eating with your family and friends is permissible, then having or participating in a repast is permissible, as it simply means taking food.
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American Muslim Converts and the African Connection; A Viable Solution? By Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
If the purpose of exploring, and learning about sub Saharan African scholars and their timeless and monumental contributions to Muslim history, was to give African American Muslim converts a greater appreciation of Black scholars in history, especially in light of the racist climate in some parts of the Arab and Muslim world, and to offset…
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Why Black American Muslim and Convert Communities are Headed Towards Extinction, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Many folks prefer that American Muslim converts are oblivious to their own realities, especially when it comes to the decline of convert communities.
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An Introduction to the Different Types of Books of Hadith by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
There are many ways to approach hadith study. Primarily as Muslims, we want to know and understand what the Prophet ﷺ did and said so we can obey him and follow him.
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The Effects of Muslim Sectarianism on American Muslim Converts, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
There is nothing purer for the one whom Allah Himself guides to Islam than the Islam that was practiced and taught by the Prophet ﷺ. Sectarianism for the Muslim convert is a demotion in faith, not a promotion in faith.
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How Muslim Sectarianism is connected to Islamophobia, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
In not addressing the racial and sectarian divide in Muslim America, we are, instead of solving sectarianism, cultivating new strains of it.
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The American Muslim Convert Revolution, by Imam Luqman Ahmad.
People talk of disappointment, pity, and disbelief that we have come as far as we have regarding race relations in the United States, only having to revisit it, in what seems like a Jim Crow era of Muslim America.
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My Strong Hijabi Girls. One Fathers Story, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
We raise our children to be proud of who they are, to stand by their faith choices, and to know that there is a long way to go in ending bigotry and misunderstanding of Muslims.
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