Author: The Ummah Times
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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…
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Money & Economics in Islam, is it a viable alternative for humanity?
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The Problem with Muslims and Da’ees (callers to Islam) under the Western Concept of “Representation”
One of the problems Muslim Da’ees have encountered in recent years, is the attempt of post-modernism to not only undermine the bases of Islam as truth, but also the problem of “representation” that is often flung against Muslim Da’ees to deny them any authority to speak, or to empty their words of any worth in…