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Have Black American Muslims Lost Their Way? Or Have They Simply Lost Their Will to Survive? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
So you have Christians talking loud about fatherhood, traditional family, sense of purpose, order, direction in life. While you got Muslims dismissing family, celebrating divorce, talking about the joy of being single and why we need to respect everybody’s views. Church going Christians quote verses from the Bible upholding a wife’s obedience to her husband,…
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Have Black American Muslims Lost Their Way? Or Have They Simply Lost Their Will to Survive? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
So you have Christians talking loud about fatherhood, traditional family, sense of purpose, order, direction in life. While you got Muslims dismissing family, celebrating divorce, talking about the joy of being single and why we need to respect everybody’s views. Church going Christians quote verses from the Bible upholding a wife’s obedience to her husband,…
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Muslim Americans and America’s History of Rebellion Luqman Ahmad imamluqman@masjidibrahim.com January 13, 2016 “I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical”. – Thomas Jefferson Many American Muslims are concerned about what is viewed as a rising tide…
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Marginalization of the Black Muslim community by the immigrant Muslims, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Marginalization of the Black Muslim community by the immigrant Muslims, is a part of virtually every problem facing Black American Muslims. If affects our condition more than many of us know, From the thousands of Muslim owned liquor stores that blanket the country from coast to coast in just about every Black neighborhood in the…
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Black History Month: Sister Fareda Sadek, a Pioneer American Muslim, in the Sunni Tradition
The women amongst the pioneers of the sunni tradition were the backbone of the efforts in establishing Islam in America. In 1938, Sister Fareda Sadek along with her Husband Hafez, were with the early group of 57 Muslims, who under the leadership of a Black American, Azhar trained, convert to Islam, Shaykh Professor Muhammad Ezeldeen,…
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The Anatomy of a Good Muslim Husband, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
A Muslim husband or father is also a Muslim man, and as such, he has preexisting obligations and responsibilities that he has to take into account, regardless whether anyone else does or not. For example, a Muslim man first and foremost, is obligated to Allah, and responsible for his prayers, Jum’ah attendance, personal hygiene, ghost…
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Defining Fatherhood, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
There are hardly no other pursuit I have found more gratifying than being a father.. Fatherhood doesn’t take place in a paragraph. It is a lifelong experience. From calling the adhan in the ear, to feeding them their first solid food, to teaching them how to poop on their own, and how to use istinjaa,…
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Fiqh and Governance in Black Muslim America, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad.
Folks are fascinated by scholars, scholarship, and Islamic knowledge these days. It’s much like a form of entertainment to some people. It shouldn’t be that way, but it’s understandable that it is. The wealth of Islamic knowledge, shuyookh, and books of knowledge available is voluminous, fascinating, and detailed. It grabs your attention, amazes you, and…
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The Philosophy of Self Hate, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad.
So now you have people, even some Imams, saying that you cannot follow the Quran and Sunna on your own. Wait a minute! This view, on the surface, is very misleading, and cannot be true in all cases. It is true that complexities from the Quran and Sunna, requires some scholarly detail and explanation. However,…
