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Why American Muslims should not vote as a bloc by Imam Luqman Ahmad
Muslim values are those contained in our scriptures and religious texts. American Muslim values, however, are as varied as American values are and have a wider spectrum of diversity than there are colors in a rainbow.
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Black Lives Matter. But How Much and to Whom?
This whole conversation about race in America is a teachable moment for American Muslims. Racism is a moral issue at its core, and has to do with the way we view and understand God Almighty.
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Who is The Shaitaan? Shaitaan, also known as Iblis, is the Devil. Every major religion has references about Shaitaan. Some stories about him found in texts of religions other than Islam are factual and verifiable; others are exaggerations, inaccurate or false. Other than what is mentioned about him in the Quran and the authentic…
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What it Doesn’t Say in Our Scared Scriptures, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
It doesn’t say anywhere in our scriptures that we should work so hard to change others and not admit or even entertain the idea that perhaps we need to change.
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What Muslim Americans need to understand about America, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
“America is more than what many Muslims think of her. I’m not blind to her faults but it is wrong to believe that our country and our history is without virtue’. – Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad These are the United States of America, and I respect the right of every American to have his or…
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American Muslim converts; looks like you are on your own. By Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Allah did not bring you to Islam simply to fight the same fights, argue the same arguments, and perpetuate the same bigotries that have plagued Muslims worldwide. He didn’t guide you to Islam to buy into anyone’s sect, schism, or parochial version of Islam, or to be second class Muslims in your own country.
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Top Ten Priorities For American Muslims in 2016, by Imam Luqman
2016 Top Ten Priorities for American Muslims (faith based list) Remove politics from the practice of our faith, and give the religion back to Allah. Everything we do in the name of our religion should be for the sake of Allah and not for the sake of our public image, for the sake of popularity,…
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An Open Letter to American Muslim Imams Regarding The San Bernardino Incident, by Imam Luqman Ahmad
In light of the recent attacks in San Bernardino which were declared as acts of terror, we as American Imams and khateebs must resist being swept away by the wave of emotions and fear of backlash from dedicating our Friday prayers or our Friday sermons to anything or anyone except Allah Be He Exalted, for this…
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The Conning of the American Muslim, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Ask your child or teenager the meaning of Islam. If they say ‘peace’, then you have deceived them already, and if we think that on the Day of Judgment, Allah will accept the excuse of Islamophobia for not praying, not giving charity, and not fasting, we have deceived ourselves
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The Massacre in Paris; Assessing the Muslim Response, by American Imam, Luqman Ahmad
That we continuously find ourselves in the circuitous predicament of feeling compelled to condemn yet another incident of Muslim violence, and then complaining with the same frequency that no one’s listening, is testimony enough that just as violent extremists have hijacked the image of Islam, our politics has hijacked our morality.
