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What Happens When We (Don’t!) Read? https://www.imammarc.com/p/muslims-and-the-post-literacy-society A Khuṭbah by Imam Marc Manley ﷽ قَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ: أَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ؟ قَالَ: فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى بَلَغْتُ The Prophet ﷺ said to me, “Recite to me.” I said, “Shall I recite to you when it was revealed to you?”…
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Photo Credit: Anadolu Ajansı By Jahnvi Chopra / Arab America Contributing Writer Exemplary artist and leader Sliman (Suleiman) Mansour passed away on August twenty-fourth, 2026, at age 79. He spent his life and career as an advocate for Palestinian freedom from Israeli occupation through the lenses of painting, sculpting, and writing. He is widely celebrated for his application of the…
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NAOKI YAMAMOTO, The Way of Futuwwa AUG 6 This is the introduction to a lecture I will be giving in Istanbul next week. — “What Do You See?” When I was training in the Japanese tea ceremony, my tea master once pointed to a hanging scroll in the tea room and asked me, “What do you feel when you look…
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Muslims cannot agree on the date of Eid, but apparently they have agreed to conquer America Hasnain Walji Apparently, 1.3% of America is preparing to overthrow the Constitution. Someone should inform the 1.3%. Our recent Houston Chronicle op-ed, “The ‘Sharia threat’ is a hoax. Here’s why,” addresses a political fiction that, like an unsuccessful politician, refuses to retire gracefully. We…
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Above image: Shaykh Omar al-Mukhtar, aka. Lion of the Desert, born around 1860 in the village of Zawiyat Janfur, Libya, emerged as a symbol of resistance against Italian colonization as a respected teacher within the Senussi Sufi order. Shaykh Al-Mukhtar led and organized and led guerrilla warfare against the Italian forces. He famously said, “As for me, I will live…
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Palestine Chronicle Spain’s World Cup victory sparked celebrations across Gaza, where many viewed the triumph as reflecting years of solidarity with Palestine. Key Takeaways Gazans gathered in makeshift cafes to watch Spain defeat Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup final, celebrating both the victory and Spain’s support for Palestine. Residents described the celebrations as an expression of gratitude toward a…
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Islam in the West: Kufr and the Politics of Burial FARAH EL-SHARIF JUL 8 “The earth will then tell its news” — Qur’an 99:4 “And when the girl who was buried alive is asked, for what sin she was killed?” Qur’an 81:8-9 “Islam is neither religion nor materialism; it is a way of life” — Alija Izetbegović “They tried to…
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Why did God create us in diverse nations, races, and tribes? Two memorable Qur’anic verses, taken together, suggest an answer. “…So compete with one another in doing good. Wherever you are, Allah will bring you all together [for judgment]. Surely Allah is Most Capable of everything.” (2:148)* “O humanity! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and…
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Foreign Policy Archive.org From the outside, with its high minarets and bulbous Mughal-style dome, the Wilmersdorf mosque, located on Brienner Street in southwest Berlin, looks much the same as it did when it was built in the 1920s. But the institution, just like the city around it, has changed. Today, the mosque is a quiet place. It mainly serves…
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By Farah El-Sharif, Sermons at the Court Substack “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” ―Thucydides For the past two years, I have been in touch with Dr. Kamal Al-Hindi in Gaza, who, despite living through the holocaust of our times, has been magnanimously sharing daily dispatches…
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