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Open Demand that Islamic Scholars be Clear On the Race Issue. By Imam Abu Laith ibn Abi Hussain Luqman Ahmad
Racism and racial bigotry is not just an American problem. It is a problem felt around the world; including the Muslim world. Black people are treated unjustly because of the color of their skin all over this globe, including the holy lands of Islam, which all belongs to Allah sub’haanahu wa ta’ala. In Islam, an…
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IS SUFISM THE ANSWER TO BLACK AMERICAN MUSLIM CIVIIZATIONAL DECLINE? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Sufism is the last augmented rendition of Islam to be thrust wholesale upon Black American Muslims and converts. I said years ago that after Sufism hits, there will be nothing left to hit us with from abroad, and what will remain is the original Islam of the Prophet (SAWS). Don’t get me wrong, it’s not…
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The Great American Muslim Intellectual Handicap, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
What Muslim Americans need to understand is that the United States of America is a vast nation, culturally, climatically, historically, and economically. We a nation of nuanced diversity. Many Muslims, especially new Muslim (20 years or less) immigrants do not understand this. Colonized Muslims understand this but act like they don’t. This intellectual and perceptual…
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Waiting for zero risk before visiting masaajid? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Ultimately, I fear that the COVID-19 pandemic will leave some of those who believe in a state of perpetual fear of anything and everything. Even now, in the United States some Muslims are speaking of waiting for zero risk before visiting masaajid. When a normal person should already know that there is hardly no such…
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ARE BLACK AMERICAN MUSLIMS AND CONVERTS PRISONERS OF THEIR OWN CIVILIZATIONAL PARALYSIS?, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
As Muslims we should engage in the same level of candid and sane discussion about the impact of COVID-19 on our faith, our faith practices, our livelihood, our holiday season and practices, and on the integrity of our religious institutions, just like everyone else.
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Worshipping Rona; How the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the practice of Islam in America, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is one of the most consequential multidimensional events that has befallen the ummah of Islam the last hundred years. The only other event that I can think of that has had as far reaching consequences as the CVID-9 pandemic are the dismantling of the Ottoman Khalfate, the occupation of Palestine, and…
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The Islamic Ruling Regarding praying salaatul Jum’ah over the internet during the COVID-19 pandemic, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
QUESTION: Because of the COVID-19 virus pandemic, many local and state governments have ordered people to stay in their houses, practice self-quarantine, and social distancing, and to not gather in clusters of ten or more, for fear of spreading the virus. In the United States, many if not most masaajid are closed for the daily…
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WHY MUSLIMS SELLING LIQUOR IN THE HOOD IS SUCH A BIG DEAL, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Muslim owned liquor stores in American Black and poor neighborhoods bring in more revenue than the local Masjid collects in sadaqa for an entire year.
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Gender Wars, Feminist Thought, and the Attack on Muslim Marriage. Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
CONSIDER THIS. In the religion of Islam, both genders are accountable to Allah. When we publicly bash Muslim men’s bad behavior and exclude the women, we do the women, ourselves, and our religion itself, a great disservice. Don’t believe anyone’s story until you hear both sides. The gender wars, at it’s core, is compliant with…
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