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Defending the Transgressed by
Censuring the Reckless against the Killing of Civilians, by Shaykh Mohammad Afifi al-Akiti
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad wrote this introduction to the following elaborate fatwa:
Gentle
I am honored to present the following fatwa or "response by a qualified
Muslim Scholar" against the killing of civilians by the Oxford-based
Malaysian jurist of the Shafi`i School and my inestimable teacher,
Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti, titled Defending the Transgressed by
Censuring the Reckless against the Killing of Civilians.
The Shaykh
authored it in a few days, after I asked him to offer some
guidance on the issue of targeting civilians and civilian centers by
suicide bombing in response to a pseudo-fatwa by a deviant UK-based
group which advocates such crimes ...
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| On Intelligent Design |
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Taskhîr, fine-tuning, intelligent design and the scientific appreciation of nature, by S Adi Setia
The concept of taskhîr in the Qur'ân refers to the easily observable fact that nature, in both its cosmic and biospheric dimensions, has been constrained by Allah to render service and benefit unto humankind. In modern cosmological terms, taskhîr refers to the high degree of fine-tuning of the design-parameters of the universe for the support of life on earth, and ultimately, conscious and intelligent human life. The service rendered to mankind by the Divine subjugation of nature...
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What is Sufism? Gibril F Haddad
“Before asking what is Sufism, we should ask what is Religion.” Shaykh al-`Arusi said:
“Religion (al-dîn) is an orchard of which the fence is the Law (al-sharî`a), the inner grove is the Path (al-tarîqa), and the fruit is the Reality (al-haqîqa). Whoever has no Law has no Religion; whoever has no Path has no Law; and whoever has no Reality has no Path ... ”
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| Contemporary Issues |
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Some Reflections on
Woman-Led Prayer, U Zaynab Ansari
They believe that Islam needs to be freed from centuries of male-dominated, conservative scholarship to adequately address issues of human rights and gender equality. While this idea might appeal to some, it certainly has its flaws. Many of the Progressives' ideologues envision a wholesale reformulation of Sacred Law. This divine gift of guidance has withstood the test of time immemorial.
It is sheer folly for any Muslim to claim the right to alter the Sharia of Allah. As Sidi Nazim Baksh so eloquently put it, “Any movement, artistic or scholarly, whether an idea or a book, that lures people away from the principles of Divine guidance embodied in the Prophetic era, is degeneration - a regression, not progression.” ...
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