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With the US mid-term elections looming, once again Muslims in the United States confront a now perennial problem, to whom should they cast their vote? Liberals promise to fight discrimination and advance minority rights, attractive to young Muslims in particular whilst the right look to capitalise on the culture wars by addressing some of the so-called wedge issues that provoke conservative America, including liberal abortion laws, the trans issue and the liberalisation of education.
It is within this context that I held a very interesting conversation with my guest today, public intellectual and activist Mobeen Vaid. Mobeen has been at the forefront of addressing the creeping liberalisation of social attitudes of the Muslim community and how these opinions often are way out of sync with the global Muslim ummah and Islam. Mobeen’s erudite commentary has looked to counter and critique these trends and today he lectures at Mosques and community centres across the US.
I ask him to attempt to explain to an outsider like myself why many Muslims worry about the intellectual and social health of American Muslims and whether these perceptions are warranted. I also ask him to situate his own work within the context of these culture wars, how can he criticise the excesses of social liberalism without becoming fodder for an equally disturbing conservative right?
I have to note, Mobeen has moved the conversation in a positive direction in America and I suspect many Islamic scholars, who have been reticent to talk about these trends, have been influenced by his straightforward yet well-researched opinions. In that sense, I see him as a thought leader. As always some of our listeners may find some of what is said today challenging, but let’s keep the conversation going. You can interact with us through our website, our social media channels and on our YouTube channel.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 79
00:00 Introduction
03:57 The state of American Muslims
08:47 Have first-generation Muslims failed?
12:50 When tolerance becomes acceptance
21:35 Liberalism and the modern state
27:06 Dearborn, Michigan and US school boards
36:14 Muslims with left-leaning preferences
43:13 Alliances with the Christian Right
45:33 The politicization of faith
50:00 Muslim scholars and their response
01:02:03 Where should a Muslim’s interest lie?
01:05:04 Should Muslims remain in the US?
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Come election time, Western Muslim communities have been asked to support mainstream political parties in exchange for representation. Some commentators have praised the multiculturalism of countries like the UK, where the party system has integrated many Muslims into the political system. Here in London, we have Sadiq Khan, arguably the highest-ranking elected Muslim official in the Western world. In the United States, there’s a similar push for Muslims to support the Democrats and even the Republicans, and some have broken the glass ceiling and represent the parties at local and national levels.
But does Muslim representation really work? On Gaza we have seen the limits of the ‘Muslim voice’. What are the structural compromises the system will always want to solicit from Muslim representatives? Does the system only support particular types of candidates, and indeed does the system change the people who set out to change the system?
To explore this topic, I have with me in the studio today Dr Asim Qureishi. Dr Asim Qureshi is the research director at CAGE, a UK-based advocacy organisation working to empower communities impacted by the War on Terror. He has a background in International Law and is the author of the books "Rules of the Game" and "A Virtue of Disobedience".
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 122
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:18 Are you angry?
3:42 Muslim representatives
9:00 The Liberal betrayal
12:10 Muslim’s in UK
16:41 Structural limits
22:42 Sidiq Khan
22:20 Representation?
28:57 Lobbying power
33:00 A palatable message?
38:09 Young people
42:15 Alternative ?
48:58 The MCB
53:53 The threat from the Right
1:01:01 US context and social issues
1:05:38 Disenfranchised
1:11:35 Organising
1:15:10 Internal splits
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The issue of the caliphate has recently made a resurgence within Muslim discourse. For nearly 100 years the Muslim ummah has been without a caliphate, and many have come to the view that the world of empires is behind us, and we now must embrace the era of nation-states. Yet the issue remains a live one, Islam and Muslims have remained tortured by our lack of ability to resolve some of the most intractable problems we face – leading to the suggestion that establishing a post-nation state brings together our resources, people and potential.
Dr. Uthman Badar has been thinking about the concerns of the caliphate. He is the lead editor at the Ummatics Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Western Sydney University in 2023, where he currently teaches. He is also an active Muslim community member in Sydney, Australia, with over two decades of engagement in grassroots activism and da’wah.
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 98
00:00 Opening clip
00:29 Introduction
02:04 Normative Islamic position on the caliphate
09:03 Deficiency in the absence of a caliphate
13:15 What about explicit textual proof?
19:51 Does governance always have to be in the form of the caliphate?
24:37 Reach of the state in historical caliphates
27:49 Implementing the shariah
30:50 Learning from historical experience
34:18 The obligation of the caliphate - a fardh kifayah
41:14 Who is most obligated?
48:39 What kind of expertise do we need?
51:54 Advocacy or Da'wah work
55:39 What can an ordinary Muslim contribute?
01:04:24 Is the caliphate a forgotten obligation?
01:10:37 On groups and thinkers since the fall of the caliphate
01:16:50 The Ummatics Conference in Istanbul
01:19:33 When will the caliphate be realised again?
01:21:25 Additional information
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It is no exaggeration to say that in their quest to malign Islam, some in the West target Muslim women. Her position within the family, her place in society and, of course, her dress are placed under the microscope – and like colonialists in the days of empire, her emancipation is seen to be a means to a greater Islamic reformation. In recent days, France’s minister of education has announced that Abayas, the loose dress many Muslims wear for modesty, will be banned from schools. Apparently, a piece of clothing is an affront to French secularism and, yet again, another sign of separatism. In the UK, the former prime minister likened burka-wearing Muslim women is a those who chose to look like letterboxes and bank robbers.
Young Muslim women are subject to a barrage of what can only be called propaganda, traducing their religious dress and promising to liberate them from their religion. To help us understand how this works and to caution against some of the extremes by which the community can handle this onslaught.
Lauren Booth is a broadcaster turned activist and author. She is known for her principled activism on Palestine and regularly comments on Muslim affairs. Her book, In Search for the Holy Land is available to purchase from all good book stores.
You can find her book here https://www.amazon.co.uk/In-Search-of-Holy-Land/dp/1739384113/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LLEMY7MPD86N&keywords=in+search+of+a+holy+land&qid=1692958858&sprefix=in+search+of+a+holy+land%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 109
00:00 Introduction
02:20 On Nicky Campbell's review
05:50 Onslaught against Muslim women
07:58 Obsession with women's dress
10:45 Societal Pressure
11:32 Criminalising young Muslim men
13:20 A deliberate agenda
15:38 Navigating the noise around the hijab
19:49 Modernist interpretations of scripture
22:53 Progressive gender ideologies
24:06 How secular society judges women
26:35 Women in Muslim societies
29:52 Muslims leaving the West
34:11 Making the move
36:38 Gender roles
39:17 Living feminism
44:25 Gender wars
46:50 Hyperindividualism
49:43 British politics post Iraq war
51:22 Attending a Muslim event
55:22 Why write a memoir
58:10 Palestine and Isreal
It is not an exaggeration to say that one of the challenges the Muslim community faces is unity. We tend to fall out with one another on spurious grounds, yet communities’ erect mosques around divisions and we are always ready to call one another out. Our public discourse is caustic, we are ready to condemn each other on the flimsiest of reasons.
If we contrast our modern predicament to our history, we find that Muslims had a higher threshold of tolerance towards one another, the tent was big and the ummah flourished. Our vision was lifted above the petty squabbles and differences and we excelled. No doubt the divisions we currently find ourselves In is exacerbated by outside actors that look to sow division and that has been the case for over a century, however, we enable those schisms to open up and fail to appreciate the true meaning of the verse, the believers are all brothers.
This week we speak to a regular guest Dr Shadee Elmasry about division within the Muslim community. I ask him, how does Islam help us to navigate our differences? What makes a valid shari’ opinion? How do we know whether a scholar or commentator is sincere to sources of Islam? What makes a mujtahid and what are the limits of the muqallid (follower)? We discuss the recent trend amongst duat to call out and defame one another.
We also discuss the duty of enjoining maroof and forbid munkar, how does a layman fulfil this duty? What gives the commoner the right to question even scholars on issues and what are the guidelines? How do we forbid wrong while transmitting respect and not exacerbating divisions? We look at the notion ‘only Allah can judge’ and the anger that pervades much of modern social media ‘da’wah’. What does it mean to be smart in conveying Islam? and does being smart sometimes come at the cost of being truthful?
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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 33
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The Thinking Muslim team was honoured to host this exclusive event at Gatton Road Mosque, London with two lucid and outstanding thinkers. Ahmed Paul Keeler and Imam Tom Facchine discussed Muslims in an Age of Crises.
Recording from 19th April 2024
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Dr. Yasir Qadhi discusses the Islamic ruling on helping non-Muslims against Muslims.
STORY OF HATIB:
Ali said, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent for me, Az-Zubair and Abu Marthad, and all of us were cavalry men, and said, 'Proceed to Raudat-Hajj (Abu Salama said that Abu 'Awana called it like this, i.e., Hajj where there is a woman carrying a letter from Hatib bin Abi Balta'a to the pagans (of Mecca). So bring that letter to me.' So we proceeded riding on our horses till we overtook her at the same place of which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had told us. She was traveling on her camel. In that letter Hatib had written to the Meccans about the proposed attached of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) against them. We asked her, "Where is the letter which is with you?' She replied, 'I haven't got any letter.' So we made her camel kneel down and searched her luggage, but we did not find anything. My two companions said, 'We do not think that she has got a letter.' I said, 'We know that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has not told a lie.'" Then `Ali took an oath saying, "By Him by Whom one should swear! You shall either bring out the letter or we shall strip off your clothes." She then stretched out her hand for her girdle (round her waist) and brought out the paper (letter). They took the letter to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). `Umar said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (Hatib) has betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the believers; let me chop off his neck!" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Hatib! What obliged you to do what you have done?" Hatib replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why (for what reason) should I not believe in Allah and His Apostle? But I intended to do the (Mecca) people a favor by virtue of which my family and property may be protected as there is none of your companions but has some of his people (relatives) whom Allah urges to protect his family and property." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He has said the truth; therefore, do not say anything to him except good." `Umar again said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! He has betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the believers; let me chop his neck off!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Isn't he from those who fought the battle of Badr? And what do you know, Allah might have looked at them (Badr warriors) and said (to them), 'Do what you like, for I have granted you Paradise?' " On that, `Umar's eyes became flooded with tears and he said, "Allah and His Apostle know best." (Bukhari)
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The Abandon Harris campaign has been making waves across the US. It has galvanised largely Muslim and conscientious Americans so build a coalition together to resist the genocidal administration through the ballot box. They have a lot of detractors, paid democratic people ready to defame them. But my guest today is relentless.
Hassan Abdel Salam is one of two founders of the Abandon Harris movement. He is also the Executive Director of the Civil Rights Alliance for America, which is the organization that is organizing and coordinating the Abandon Harris movement. Hassan Abdel Salam has been a professor of strategy, movements, and human rights, for 12 years.
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Timestamps:
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1:30 – His movements
5:54 – The Greens
9:13 – Is this realistic ?
18:40 – A return to Democrats
23:32 – Trump
28:20 – Are you winning?
35:51 – Is the appeal just Muslim?
43:44 – Speaking truth
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How do Muslims deal with what looks like the comprehensive success of Western civilisation. Is it time to accept defeat, as one writer put it? Or does Islam have something to offer the world that can move us beyond this dysfunctional world.
Our guest today is Hasan Spiker, he argues that modernity is not neutral. The assumption is that modernity is regarded as universal is false. He argues that modernity is Western and its embrace is a means to Western hegemony and domination. He is the author of this soon to be published work, published on the 26th November – The Unraveling of Intelligibility.
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0:00 – Introduction
1:58 – Muslims Disempowered?
4:34 – What is Modernity?
9:42 – Metaphysics and progress
14:51 – Islam and modernity
19:00 – The 5 Bifurcations
24:20 – Importance of Sharia
25:36 – Separating sacred from spirit
27:58 – Sharia vs Spiritual
29:57 – The second bifurcation
37:43 – Protestantism and secularism
41:02 – Nation-state and modernity
44:06 – Liberalism development
49:52 – The third bifurcation
53:02 – Reasoning religious belief
56:38 – Empirical vs Metaphysics
59:10 – The fourth bifurcation
1:08:21 – non-recognition of Metaphysics
1:11:40 – The final bifurcation
1:13:47 – The west’s Machiavellianism
1:17:20 – Liberalism’s Façade
1:19:18 – Gaza western hegemony
1:27:17 – Ideologies and modernity
1:31:58 – Islams counter-hegemony
1:41:41 – City of Love
1:45:51 – Strength of modernity
1:50:30 – Islam will save modernity
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Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
2:05 – Hamidia Masjid
7:40 – South African Muslims
14:18 – South Africa ICJ
19:11 – Nalendi Pandor bravery
22:38 – Justice in Islam
29:30 – How do we stay motivated?
35:22 – Accountability in Islam
40:37 – non-Muslims Islam queries
44:11 – Balance of Ummatic cause
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Now that the US elections are over, I want to explore deeper issues today with my guests. Is political participation really the principal way by which we are going to proceed, and who best should be charged from within us to undertake this task? Some have argued that to progress, we have to play the ‘long game’ and adopt the Zionist prototype of influence.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:50 – Satisfied with results?
7:18 – Will Trump be a problem?
13:20 – Trump vs the globalists?
18:20 - America First Ideology?
20:36 - Trumps cabinet
27:35 – US Empire in trouble?
36:16 – Muslim’s moving forward
42:49 – Islamic ethics?
51:00 – What are the guardrails?
56:32 – Prioritisation in communities
1:04:00 Mid Terms
1:05:15 US Muslims and exceptionalism
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