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Title: Political Participation - Discussing Thinking Muslim's advice
Description and timestamps:
0:00:17 - 00:09:55 Intro:
Presenting Key points of Muhammad Jalal of Thinking Muslims' Article/strategy
00:09:56
Dr Massasri's initial analysis:
- Reaction to bankruptcy of left
-Dates back to Ikhwani view
-History of British society
-Real power lies with the people - shariah endorses this idea
-Situation of a Muslim minority, relation to society
-Shallow understanding of Islam
00:20:00
Islam remains, but in literature and books,
- Current understanding of governance is not the model of Prophet and Khulafah Rashideen in relation to ruling/state/authority
- Since Muawiyyah the narrative of Obedience to the Ruler advanced
- Scholarship soldout
- Majority of munafiqeen in scholarship
- Public Affairs, left people's focus
- Hadith - Knots of Islam will be untied
- Ruling is a fundamental part of islam
00:23:25
Requirement to have continuous fiqh, derived from shariah, very few scholars had this clear in the mind
00:24:01 - Muslim Landscape in UK
Background Muslim immigrants had limited education, little vision
- Third generation, muslims started to have significant numbers capable of influencing elections
- Eg Birmingham, East London
- Leftist recognised that Muslims could be rallied
- 90s Muslim movements matured - Ikhwan/Jama
- HT/Jihadi rebukation of democracy
00:29:52
Resulting in Discussion and a requirement for theory on how to participate in a domain of kufr
00:31:41
Explanation of Shariah Injunctions - if they join, not allowed to rule by kufr
- Parliament/Westminister - participate in ruling/legislation
- Not necessarily the case with local government
- Spurred Discussion on justifications - eg Najasi, Yusuf AS
- If you rule, must rule by Islam and with justice, no liberty to do otherwise
- Before vision for state was a minimalistic state
00:37:20
Are you allowed to participate?
- If you participate, must have aclear agenda as an independent
- If you join Parliament you can use it as platform to spread Islam/put Islamic view, and anything unislamic, you don’t vote for it
- You will always be in opposition/using it as a platform
38:40
What is the function of a Muslim under Kufr rule
- No obligation to obey
- Just be at a state of peace
Hereditary monarchy is impossible as power does not go back to the people
42:07
In domain of kufr what do we do?
- Oppose integration, interact
- No need to be reactionary/punish
- Carry dawah
- Can not rule by kufr
Labour's stance in relation to Gaza is due to their belief about reality
00:47:17 Jalal's advice is tactically good
At moment it's a good tactic, i.e. to punish, however it's not the way it should be, better to abstain and form our own independent party
00:49:33
On Jalal's idea of not representing a party, and having independent candidates and accusation of being a 5th column
- What do they mean by being a 5th Column, we are an international creed
00:52:05
Reason stated for Independents is not persuasive, could be a party, they must be told they will never vote for any unislamic injunction
- And always criticise laws and regulation and offer Islamic solution
- Pre-requisite, they would need to be sufficiently Islamically educated
00:53:49
Professor's Recommendation, abstain, how to get more control in local government, school boards etc
01:00:00
First stage is activating the people
Educate people ideologically
01:02:40
Alternative to voting, direct action to secure rights
Being outside the system
01:03:20
Many who advocate for voting, could have desire for power
Some think they can serve islam-example of Erdogan being constrained by the system
Our guest this week has been dismayed at the negative media coverage given to Muslims who place Gaza as a voting concern. Terms like fifth column and insurrectionists have been evoked to claim the Muslim vote should be deeply feared.
Peter Oborne writes principally for the Middle East Eye, among other outlets. His books include "The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam” and “The Assault on Truth.”
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#thethinkingmuslimpodcast episode 152
Timestamps:
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2:30 Sunak’s election
2:58 Fear election
8:20 Muslims are patriots
12:27 Two-party system breakdown
17:22 Labour’s calculation
20:24 Starmer and Blair
23:49 The Muslim Vote
30:30 Gaza as an election issue
34:53 Reduce Labour Majority
37:55 Student Encampments
39:00 Oborne friend of Muslims?
41:00 Oborne’s thoughts on UK Muslims
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This fascinating interview with Dr Sohail Hanif looks to uncover the secrets of Ramadan. What should the month indeed mean to believers? And what should we be striving to achieve this month? How should we treat its minutes and hours? And how do we know whether, as the hadith suggests, we have lost its blessings or gained success out of it?
Dr Sohail is the Chief Executive of the National Zakat Foundation. He previously held the position of BA Manager and Lecturer at Cambridge Muslim College and has also held the position of Head of Sciences at Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman. He studied extensively with traditional scholars and holds a PhD from Oxford University. His PhD thesis, which explores Islamic legal epistemology, won the 2019 prize of the British Association for Islamic Studies. He has lectured widely on Islamic law and Qur’anic studies in academic, public and traditional settings.
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0:00-2:02 Introduction
2:02-6:40 Imprisonment of Shaytan in Ramadan
6:41- 7:51 Shaytan’s absence in realizing our true self
7:51-12:02 A lack of excitement about Ramadan means lack of Iman?
12:02-15:15 Ramadan against self-worship.
15:15-21:51 Object of Ramadan
21:51-27:59 Approaching the Quran to converse with Allah
27:59-36:00 Priorities in Ramadan
36:00-38:21 English Tafsir for those who don't know Arabic
38:21-40:41 Learning Qur'an from teachers who lived it
40:41-45:49 Utilizing Ramadan for improving character
45:49-48:59 How to utilize the three ten-day sets of Ramadan.
48:59-56:31 Entertainment in Ramadan
56:31- 1:02:06 Tension between individual and communal acts of worship
1:02:06-1:07:45 Staying home for self-reflection after obligatory Isha' prayer
1:07:45-1:15:20 Zakat as an individual and communal ibadah
1:15:20-1:21:25 Purpose of I'tikaf
1:21:26-1:21:41 Additional information
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Dr. Jonathan Brown discusses Sh. Al-Albani and his contributions to hadith studies in a podcast by The Mad Mamluks. To view the full episode, please go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSjT37XLRVg
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Jonathan Andrew Cleveland Brown is an American Muslim scholar of Islamic studies. Since 2012, he has been associate professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He holds the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University.
He has authored several books including Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy, Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World, Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction, and The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim. He has also published articles in the fields of Hadith, Islamic law, Salafism, Sufism, and Arabic language.
He was raised as an Episcopalian and converted to Islam in 1997. Brown is Sunni and follows the Hanbali school of Islamic jurisprudence. Brown graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2000 from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., studied Arabic for a year at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad at the American University of Cairo, and completed his doctorate in Islamic thought at the University of Chicago in 2006.
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India’s 200 million Muslims are at the mercy of an ultra-nationalist government that looks to create an exclusively Hindu Bharat or homeland. Since the rise of the BJP government, led by Narendra Modi, Muslims have been subject to discrimination, alienation, daily religious abuse, economic marginalisation, state-sanctioned mob violence and pogroms like in Gujarat in 2002. This Hindu nationalism is underpinned by a pernicious cultural and political ideology, Hindutva, framed by an antagonism towards Islam and a rewriting of Indian history.
Our guest this week Professor Irfan Ahmad, helps us understand the precarious state of India’s Muslims and the Hindutva ideology. Born in India, he now lives in Istanbul, where he is a professor of sociology and anthropology at Ibn Haldun University. Prior to istanbul he was research professor in Germany at Max Plank institute and he has taught anthropology and politics in the Netherlands and Australia He has written numerous books and articles on India and Islam and recently published a provocative piece on Hindu Orientalism.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 106
00:00 Introduction and reality
02:37 Hindu nationalism's ideology
09:01 The fusion between state, society, and media
18:35 The media's portrayal of Muslims
23:51 Acts of violence and discrimination
29:29 Hindu nationalism's hierarchy of enemies
31:20 Hindu extremists
32:56 Hindu nationalism (Hindutva)
34:47 Hinduism and Hindutva distinction
37:11 RSS is a para-military organization
01:01:32 Gandhi's violent views on Muslims
01:06:30 Gandhi's endorsement of lynching
01:07:13 Global response
01:10:07 Hierarchy of human lives
01:18:31 Stay or move to Pakistan
Dr. Yasir Qadhi discusses the status of the companions according to Sunni doctrine.
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The recent atrocity at al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan underscores the brutality of Israel’s settler colonial project. Our guest this week, Palestinian and Islamic activist Dr Azzam Tamimi gave us a background to the apartheid policies of the state and explained why he believes, ultimately, the severity of Israel’s brutality only serves to express its sheer failure as a project.
Azzam Tamimi is a British Palestinian academic and political activist. He is currently the Chairman of Alhiwar TV Channel and is its Editor in Chief. He is a prolific writer and public speaker.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 90
0:00-2:33 Introduction
2:33-6:46 The Tamimis and the Nakba
6:46-7:32 Impact of Nakba on your family and Palestinians at the time
7:32-10:00 Did your family experience any violations?
10:00-16:25 Opinion on Jewish claims to the Palestinian land
16:25-22:35 Palestine's decreased importance during the Ottoman era
22:35-24:58 Arab countries and normalization of relations with Israel
24:58-28:34 Lessons from Islamic history where Jerusalem fell to the Crusaders
28:34-32:14 Annexation of land: What happens in Palestine today
32:14-35:58 Where will the public pressure to end the Zionist project come from?
35:58-39:41 How should the Palestinian leadership change?
39:41-44:28 What accounts for the fascistic shift in Israeli public opinion?
44:28-44:59 Are we on the verge of a new Intifada?
44:59-48:42 What accounts for strong, unshakeable opinions towards the state?
48:42-52:48 What happens within the Labor Party to foster a pro-Israel attitude?
52:48-58:56 To what extent can we rely on others, if our political beliefs and notions of justice differ?
58:56-1:01:22 Have you ever returned to Palestine?
1:01:22-1:01:34 Additional information
In part 1 of this episode of Centre Stage, our guest is Clive Stafford Smith, a civil rights lawyer and legal counsel for many of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. His best known client is Aafia Siddiqui, who he says is a victim of circumstance, and should never have ended up on the FBI’s Most Wanted list after the 9/11 attacks in the US.
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Yasir Qadhi explains the meaning behind the most talked about verse in the Qur'an in books of tafseer (Qur'anic exegesis). This verse is:
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things. (Quran 24:35)
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As the Israeli war machine is in full motion, the position of the West lays bare the hollowness of its claims to observe international law. With every US-manufactured bomb dropped on Gaza, the vacuousness of its liberal world order is exposed to Muslims and the world. Yet what can we do about this situation? Lately, many governments have queued up to sign the so-called Abraham Accords with the apartheid state, and it has been concluded that the Arabs no longer care for the Palestinian cause. Today, we get a real feel for the ‘Arab street’ and what Palestine means to Muslims in the region.
Our guest thisepisode is Dr. Tareq Suwaidan. He is the CEO and owner of Gulf Innovation Group in Kuwait and was the General Manager of Al-Resalah Satellite TV - ranked among the highest in the Middle East.He holds a PhD from the University of Oklahoma and lived in the United States for 20 years.Dr. Tareq Suwaidan is recognised as one of the most popular Islamic speakers in the Arab world and was named among the 500 Most Influential Muslims in 2022. Dr. Suwaidan authored more than 100 books on Islam and history. He uses the seerah as a source for leadership and strategic skills. He has trained more than 100,000 students in Management & Leadership skills, established 5 American and Canadian schools, and boasts over 18 million followers on social media.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 119
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:30 Is Normalisation Widely Accepted?
06:50 Religious Acceptance?
13:44 75 Years – Now Compromise?
16:18 Is this time different?
19:34 Western Decline?
20:50 Young and Old Divide?
23:10 The Boycott of Israel
25:05 Are Boycotts Long Term?
27:09 Actions of Muslim Countries
29:57 Islamic Decline?
37:10 Arab Spring?
40:55 Western Youth
45:20 Fortifying Iman
19:34 Learning Strategic Thinking
joe rogan tells a story of a convert muslim named Richard McKinny
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Brother Nouman Ali Khan explains the meaning behind Surah An-Naas. This is part of his series on Tafsir Juzz 'Ammah.
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00:00 Intro
00:36 Growing up, I was taught to stay away from the other side
03:19 Someone I know has died because of this conflict
08:43 The government has created more divide between Hindus and Muslims
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**How This Story Came to Be**
My daughter’s around that age now (3.5 years) where we can start introducing religious conepts. There is nothing good out there for 3-4 year olds to introduce religion to them. Most good stuff is geared towards 7+ years.
So I decided to do my own book for her age using Google Slides. I’ve read enough non-religious books to her for her level to understand how to write one for myself. I know what vocabulary and sentence structures she recognizes. I’m starting with the Story of Adam to introduce Allah as the Creator of everything and connect it to the story of Adam and then us.
The key thing is to turn it into a dialogue so every slide comes with a question that the reader asks the child to remphasize a concept in the discussion before moving to the next slide. I used a book written for older kids as a template. I’m basically dumbing it down for 3-4 year olds. For catchy pictures, I used Google images to find cartoon images related to the discussion in each slide.
I’ve been reading it to my daughter for the past few days and she really likes it! So I guess it is a success alhamdulillah! Now, I am sharing it here for other parents who may be interested as well. A few suggestions before giving you the download link (it’s free!):
I wrote this story with my 3.5 yrs old in mind. Your kid(s) might be at a higher/lower level. You can either run it as a powerpoint presentation directly from the link (preferred) or download it as a pdf and get it printed. If you want to customize it yourself and gear it more towards your own child’s needs, if my version is not doing it for your kid, then you can download it as a powerpoint presentation and just edit it yourself using Microsoft powerpoint. You know your kids better anyone else. Think about how you can retell the story in a way so that your kid(s) will get the themes presented. (If you run it directly from the site, it flips screens which is a cool feature that my kid loves and kind of brings the story to life.)
Under every slide, I have a section called “Question”. This is for you, the parent, to discuss each slide with your kid before moving to the next one. The point of this dialogue is to re-emphasize the message in their mind and make sure they understand the story. Don’t spend too long on it otherwise your kid(s) might get bored and frustrated. Just move them along the story as best you can while having a short dialogue with them about the theme(s) being discussed in every slide.
You don’t have to pose the questions the way I did. You can customize it in whatever way suits your kid(s) needs. Some of this is trial and error. Just try it and if it works, then great, otherwise, try some other way to ask it.
Ideally, I am trying to do this story with my kid at most once a day and at least once a week. My goal is to go over it with her enough times so that she can retell it in her own words. When the picture from any of the slides come up, she should be able to summarize that section for me the best she can at her level. Even if she doesn’t get all of it but she should be able to get the gist of it. This is just my own way to measure how well she is succeeding in understanding the story, you can do your own way.
Finally, please provide me some feedback after and how it went. I’d love to make more resources for parents to bring their kids closer to the deen insha’Allah if this one is received well.
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If you want to see a film that simultaneously depicts the horrors of man’s excessive barbarism but also the indominable spirit of human resilience, you have to watch The Mauritanian. Set in the legally dubious post-9/11 world, it tells the gripping story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi and his rendition to the infamous ex-Soviet airbase, Bagram in Afghanistan and then Guantanamo Bey. Slahi was falsely accused of links to Al-Qaeda and without recourse to due process, international treaties and conventions and the so-called cherished principles of the US constitution, he ended up spending 14 long years in Camp X-ray. Yet the power of the human spirit and his Islamic convictions prevailed and he returned to his home country of Mauritania, exonerated of any wrongdoing.
But the film left many unanswered questions. We invited Moazzam Begg from the campaigning group Cage UK, also a former Guantanamo prisoner, to talk about the film, his relationship with Slahi and to put into context the geopolitical and legal issues that led to what some describe as a scar on American democracy.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 48
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How Allah Rescued Three Men Stuck in a Cave | Power of Sincere Du'a
Story is based on a hadith reported in Bukhari found here: https://sunnah.com/bukhari/41/14
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The lecture covers the qualities of a righteous believer as outlined by Allah in Surah Al-Furqaan (Chapter 25).
Allah Says:
And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace.
And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer].
And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;
Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."
And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate.
And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.
Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allah with [accepted] repentance.
And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.
And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.
And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous."
Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace.
(Qur'aan 25:63-75)
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The anger we feel from Israel’s continued barbarous shelling of Gaza cannot be put into words. The impunity with which it acts and the green light given by the west just reminds us that the so-called rules-based order is setup to serve the West. With all this in mind, young people in particular are being reminded daily that Palestinian activism is viewed with suspicion by education authorities. In the UK, the government has mooted that flying the Palestinian flag could be supporting terror and its Prevent laws make it extremely difficult for our youth to voice even their support for our ummah, lest they are investigated for links to extremism. To help parents and young people understand how to navigate this minefield.
Dr Layla Aitlhadj, has been a tenacious campaigner to expose how the government has violated the most basic rights of ordinary Muslim citizens. Her organisation Prevent Watch has helped countless Muslim families caught up in this net of accusations. Her diligence and assiduous approach to prevent cases has helped shine a light on how destructive this policy is.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 116
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:05 What young people are feeling
05:46 Self-censorship
07:11 The Prevent strategy
12:35 Political views targeted
13:45 Since the Gaza crisis
16:28 Hypocrisy
20:18 Radicalisation and Extremism
25:05 Impact of Prevent referral
32:22 Advice to Parents
41:52 PreventWatch
43:09 Fundraising
45:50 Advice to young activists
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This week we shall be looking at the situation of the Muslims in China.
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For the past few years news about the plight of the Uyghurs in the restive north-western region of Xinjiang, known as East Turkestan, has gradually worsened.
The destruction of Mosques; the use of technology to monitor every movement of the population, the banning of fasting in Ramadan, the introduction of Han Chinese visitors to each home to observe the family unit, the closing of Islamic seminaries have all been documented as the Chinese state attempts to disassociate Islam from the daily practice of ordinary believers. But it is the introduction of camps, what the Chinese government euphuistically calls ‘re-education centres that have focussed minds around the world that nothing less than the annihilation of an entire religious and cultural identity is taking place in full view of the international community.
The Uyghurs have always resisted Chinese rule and their heroism in the face of Chinese imperialism predates 1949 when Chairman Mao brought the Communists to power. The Uyghurs suffered under the repression of the Cultural Revolution, where religion was suppressed.
But in recent years, China’s rapid development has allowed it to acquire sophisticated forms of state control, never seen in the history of authoritarian rule. The state regulates every inch of the lives of its Muslim population, on a scale and ambition that informs us about the type of world China is trying to create.
To try and understand more about the Uyghurs and their struggle, this week I am pleased to have as our guest on the Thinking Muslim Podcast, Arslan Hidayat an Uyghur activist and campaigner currently based in Turkey to talk to us about the extent to which Muslim Uyghurs have been subject to China’s programme of repression.
Arslan has been active for many years, bringing to the world’s attention the situation in East Turkestan, long before it was adopted by the mainstream press. He remains in contact with members of the community and has become a source of information for many. He can be found on Twitter, @arslan_hidayat and I would encourage you all to follow him.
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Until last week, all the talk in the west was that of a developing ceasefire agreement for Gaza. That talk is now about a regional conflict. The lead negotiator, Ismail Haniyah, May Allah have mercy on him and accord to him the status of shahadah, was assassinated in an audacious attack in Tehran. This follows the death of a high-profile commander, Fuad Shukr, in the southern suburbs of Beirut. There are now fears that the conflict will escalate and more directly involve Iran. Already, Hasan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, has talked of revenge, and so have the Iranians.
To help us navigate this evolving crisis, I am pleased to have Dr Azzam Tamimi back on our show. A political analyst and expert in the region and author on a well researched book on the group Hamas. He joins us today online from Jordan
It must be made clear that this show is an analytical show and in no way represents an acceptance of the tactics and methods of any organisation discussed. It is our editorial decision to engage in a conversation about the current events as an exercise in informing our audience. We remain completely against any tactic that undermines the sanctity of all human life.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 Why did they escalate at this time
5:44 Iran’s lapse in security
7:20 Iran’s response
10:14 Is Iran serious about resistance
12:05 Netanyahu regional war?
14:05 Trump and Isreal
16:56 Harris and Israel Policy
22:12 Muslims and US elections
24:29 Khalid Mashal
28:04 Ceasefire prospects
29:34 China’s role
32:31 What can we do?
36:58 Ismail Haniyeh
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Since the destruction of the Ottoman Khilafah at the beginning of the twentieth century, many Islamic movements were formed to recreate the very institution behind much of our historic ascendency as an ummah. These calls tended to be top-down projects that borrowed much from the nation-state authoritarian political models of the twentieth century. Their vision for a caliphate was open to one-man rule, concentrated power, and erosion of citizen rights. The consequent failure of the Arab Spring, albeit its first wave, also challenged these twentieth-century movements, whose programmes were revealed to be ill-thought through and the rise of ISIS, no matter how aberrant and repulsive, merely showed the Muslim public why one needs to read more carefully Islamic political projects and their ambitions.
My guest this week, Professor Ovamir Anjum, has not given up on the duty to re-establish the caliphate. Instead, he argues that any future reconstruction of this sacred institution has to be premised upon what he calls an ummatic framework, an ummah-centric model. He argues that the Rashidun model was fundamentally based on the consent of the ummah, and through shura, that is, consultation, and this is how the earlier caliphs successfully built an empire unlike any other. In this interview, I ask him to spell out what it means to think in an ummatic way and elucidate on the practicalities.
Ovamir Anjum is the Imam Khattab Chair of Islamic Studies at the Department of Philosophy, University of Toledo; he wrote the article ‘Who Wants a Caliphate’, which I shall place in the show notes together with an earlier interview. He is a prolific writer and commentator on Islam and Muslim affairs.
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00:00 Introduction
03:05 What inspired the ‘Ummatics’ project
08:45 Response to Yaqeen article
11:35 What is ‘Ummatics’?
19:31 How is it related to the caliphate?
26:55 The role of the ruler in Islam
34:04 The role of the Ulema
42:18 Implications in a modern nation state
50:35 Can a modern caliphate have federalism?
57:21 What kind of a caliphate do Muslims today want?
01:02:55 Do we need to convince the masses?
01:07:30 Building relations with the rest of the Muslim world
01:12:02 Ummatic vision for economy
01:16:42 Is economic autarchy viable?
01:20:32 Who can join the Ummatics Institute?
Dr. Yasir Qadhi discusses the issue of takfeer and the dangers of misusing it.
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Dr Mahathir Muhammad reflects on the death of Henry Kissinger.
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This clip is part of our latest episode with the former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad
After former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's recent death, the world is compelled to scrutinize the dark aspects of his legacy. As Nixon's national security advisor, Kissinger was not only known for his so-called "ultra-realist" approach to international politics but also for orchestrating policies with catastrophic consequences. While he is credited with the strategic pivot toward China, his methods included the ruthless carpet bombing of Laos and Cambodia, a failed strategy to gain concessions from North Vietnam that resulted in immense human suffering. The video critically examines Kissinger's dubious contributions, highlighting the moral compromises made in the pursuit of geopolitical objectives. The parallels drawn between historical events and the ongoing situation in Gaza shed light on a disturbing pattern of Western powers turning a blind eye to human rights abuses, raising pertinent questions about the ethics of Kissinger's foreign policy and its enduring impact on global geopolitics. Join us as we engage with Dr Mahathir Mohamad to delve deeper into this critical analysis, exploring the consequences of Kissinger's actions and their implications for the world today.
Paul Williams of @BloggingTheology talks to Muhammad Jalal about his ten most influential books, why he recommends them and the importance of reading.
Titles mentioned in order of rank:
1. The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
2. Islam and the Destiny of Man by Charles Le Gai Eaton
3. The Book of Hadith: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad from the Mishkat Al Masabih selected by Charles Le Gai Eaton
4. Encountering Mystery: Religious Experience in a Secular Age by Dale C. Allison Jr.
5. Ibn Taymiyya on Reason and Revelation by Carl Sharif El-Tobgui
6. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Teachings by Martin Lings
7. Misquoting Muhammad by Jonathan A.C. Brown
8. The Oxford Book of English Verse edited by Christopher Ricks
9. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
10. The Making of a Salafi Muslim Woman by Anabel Inge
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 91
00:00 - 01:37 Introduction
01:37 - 04:15 Why is reading still important?
04:15 - 05:25 Is the art of reading dying?
05:25 - 06:13 Fiction vs. Non-fiction
06:13 - 06:54 Audiobooks
06:54 - 08:24 Building a reading habit
08:24 - 08:45 Disclaimer
08:45 - 16:03 Book 10
16:03 - 20:07 Book 9
20:07 - 24:51 Book 8
24:51 - 26:34 Book 7
26:34 - 30:30 Book 6
30:30 - 39:26 Book 5
39:26 - 48:00 Book 4
48:00 - 50:02 Book 3
50:02 - 58:44 Book 2
58:44 - 01:02:52 Book 1
01:02:52 - 01:04:02 Will Paul Williams start a bookclub ?
Gaza: Understanding History and Hypocrisy in American Media
we dive into the deliberate weight of Israeli representation in American media and its striking parallel to the collective memory of Native American dispossession and slaughter.
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Freedom of speech is an idea we all naturally gravitate towards. Who would want to live in a society where certain types of speech were outlawed or regulated? Or where we had to watch what we say at every turn. Yet liberals would readily admit that free speech is not absolute and they have recognised the need to police and censure some speech that could undermine the virtues they want society to embrace. It is not uncommon to find within western societies libel laws, the censure of the press and moral boundaries that all contribute to the narrowing of speech, whether through law or through society.
Recently, freedom of speech has been subject to intense debate. Here in Britain, a freedom warrior Toby Young has established a free speech union that rails against the shutdown of opinions in society and specifically university campuses. He and others like him on both sides of the Atlantic believe progressivism has ignited a new puritan assault on freedom, ready to ban speakers on campus and take offence. What they call a new ‘cancel culture’ has narrowed discussion at the detriment progress. Certainly, modern liberal societies are plagued with these culture wars that are likely to intensify in years to come.
But of course, Muslims also have a conundrum when it comes to free speech. On the one hand, we suffer from the constant barrage of abuse that comes our way - the repulsive cartoons against the Prophet (saw) were disguised with the caveat that we are the problem, and we must learn to tolerate others. But on the other hand, we also see our own speech curtailed in our masjids and communities and we often call upon the wider society to respect our freedoms. So how do we understand this idea and where does Islam stand on free speech?
To understand this subject further, I have invited Hamza Tzortzis to the Thinking Muslim to break down the idea and to give us an Islamic perspective. Hamza Andreas Tzortzis is the author of The Divine Reality: God, Islam & The Mirage of Atheism. He is a public speaker, instructor and essayist and a founding member of the Sapience Institute.
My conversation with Hamza is extensive and we cover a lot of ground, we ended up speaking for over two hours and it was a real ordeal editing this down as his words are rich with content.
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Every immigrant in Norway must attend classes on female rights and respect for women. The lessons were made compulsory after a string of sex attacks by immigrants in the western city of Stavanger.
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With exclusive access to a class in action in the town of Moi, 65 miles south-east of Stavanger, Jenny Kleeman meets the students and asks whether western values can really be taught in a classroom.
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