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CAIR’s ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Campaign: Well intended? Maybe. Bad Idea? Definately!
Ramadan is a pillar of faith, and should in not be prostituted as part of a public relations campaign initiated by a national political Islamic organization, to alter perceived public opinion about Islam.
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The Virtues of the Islamic Month of Rajab: فضائل رجب
The Virtues of Rajab: Fadaa’il Rajab by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad “BEHOLD, the number of months, in the sight of Allah, is twelve months, [laid down] in Allah’s decree on the day when He created the heavens and the earth; [and] out of these, four are sacred: this is the ever-true law [of Allah].…
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Leaderless in Muslim America by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
To be leaderless in Islam is simply unthinkable. The fact that it is a condition to which many of us have grown accustomed, does not mitigate its negative consequence. ….
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Eight Advices Towards Unity for Muslim Americans in 2011 Establish and strengthen Muslim congregations: “Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together and do not separate” 3:103 Work towards mending rifts and improving relations between Muslim peoples, groups and individuals : Verily the believers are but a single brotherhood, therefore make peace between your…
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American Muslims in 2011: The Year We Start Looking in the Mirror
The overwhelming majority of Muslim Americans are hard working, law abiding, and peaceful. human beings. I think that most Americans are aware of this despite the efforts of those who are convinced of the opposite and are hell bent upon demonizing our faith and playing upon the fears and misunderstandings many Americans have about Islam…
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The Islamophobia Charade ; American Muslim Leaders Just Don’t Get It
If we want to insist upon making islamophobia our number one obsession, then the least we can do is come up with an approach that makes sense, and is in fact, Islamic.
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The Decline of Indigenous American Muslim Communities Part 3: Undervaluing the Muslim Woman
Thus we find that we deny ourselves one of our most valuable resources (our women and their skills ) while granting it to others. ..
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The Decline of Indigenous American Muslim Communities, by Imam Luqman Ahmad Part 2: Self Splintering
Some Muslims believe that they must wait around for the caliphate to come into being that will herald in a utopian society, others believe that you need approval from a Sheikh, ten thousand miles away before you can act upon anything, and still others believe that even to consider ones self as an American is…
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The Decline of American Muslim Indigenous Communities, Part 1.
Here are the facts; 80% of American Muslim converts are African American, and African Americans are dead last in virtually every socio-economic category that measures well being; unemployment, access to health care, illiteracy, education, single parent households, broken families, incarceration rates, diabetes, hypertension, home ownership, and infant mortality, and the list goes on and on.…
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How Political Islam Undermines Islam, An American Imam’s Perspective
Political Islam on the other hand is very, very toxic. We need to realize that, because it is at the core of modern Muslim civilizational catastrophe.
Imam Luqman Ahmad Mosque Without Borders 