Author: The Ummah Times
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Traitors in Our Midst: The Scholars of Colonization
Daniel Haqiqatjou What’s wrong with scholars like Hamza Yusuf, Abdallah bin Bayyah, Habib Ali Jifri, et al., supporting Arab dictators and legitimating their regimes? There has been lots of analysis on the 2018 UAE forum for “promoting peace,” but some of this analysis misses the mark. For example, what I keep reading over and…
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Mainstream media on Gaza: Israelis get killed, but Palestinians merely ‘die’
After a Twitter backlash, the Guardian was forced to amend a brazenly propagandized headline which sought to undermine the basic rights of Palestinians and elevate Israeli soldiers to levels previously thought unimaginable. “We remain editorially independent, our journalism free from commercial bias and our reporting open and accessible to all,” reads an advertisement on the…
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The Ummah Times Round Table Show Ep. 01
Ep. 01: Plight of the Muslims, the state of the Muslims in the West, RIS and so much more! Enjoy this very lively debut episode of The Ummah Times Round Table Show.
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The Bane Of Qadianiat
By Al-Hafiz B. A. Masri – March 1989 Many of my friends requested me repeatedly to express my views about Mirzais (Qadianis) in the light of my personal experiences, just to bring the matter on record. It is not possible here to go into details. A full account would need a book of great volume.…
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Blame it on the Sleeves!
By: Mehran Banaei “It wasn’t me, it was my hand, blame it on the sleeve which controls the hand” is a famous poetic story in Persian children’s literature that all Iranian children are well familiar with. It is a story about a naughty little girl named Saba who frequently misbehaves and when is questioned by…
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Hurdles to Seeking The Truth
“…what the attitude has been is like ‘Oh you’re coming to see us, oh we’re so happy you’re not an Islamophobe, thank you for allowing us to live’… it’s more of a defeatist approach and so our mindset has to change…” “…the truth is not going to be defined by what’s popular and it’s not…
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Marrying Early
Daniel Haqiqatjou Another common orientalist trope in Western media: The sad Muslim bride forced into marriage. But this is not Western media. It is Aljazeera. Reflect on the hypocrisy on display with Western culture. It is considered healthy and acceptable for children as young as kindergarten (5 year olds) to “explore their sexual…
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What’s New in Pakistan?
At the end of July, Imran Khan was elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. He ran on an anti-corruption, pro-welfare campaign that promised to restore dignity and prosperity to the lives of the Pakistani people. He said he would usher in a “New Pakistan” that was built on transparency, welfare and meritocracy. He went…
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Islam in the 21st Century
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Are Ahadith a Source of Legislation Alongside the Qur’an?
People sometimes mix the meaning of “Hadith,” which literally means “speech” in Arabic, with the colloquial (Istilaahi اصطلاحي ) use of “Hadith” as used by the scholars of Islamic Shari’ah, which means “a narration that describes the speech, actions, or silence of the Messenger of Allah (saw).” Allah (swt) refers to the Qur’an itself as…