Category: Allah, Islam,
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Have Black American Muslims Lost Their Way? Or Have They Simply Lost Their Will to Survive? Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
So you have Christians talking loud about fatherhood, traditional family, sense of purpose, order, direction in life. While you got Muslims dismissing family, celebrating divorce, talking about the joy of being single and why we need to respect everybody’s views. Church going Christians quote verses from the Bible upholding a wife’s obedience to her husband,…
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The Philosophy of Self Hate, Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad.
So now you have people, even some Imams, saying that you cannot follow the Quran and Sunna on your own. Wait a minute! This view, on the surface, is very misleading, and cannot be true in all cases. It is true that complexities from the Quran and Sunna, requires some scholarly detail and explanation. However,…
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A Short History of How Tawheed [Islamic Monotheism] Survived in America Since Slavery.
All I’m saying is that Islam is not Black, it is not White, it is not Arab, not Asian, and not Oriental. Islam is the religion of Allah and it transcends everything. That’s the point.
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The Psychology of American Muslim Sectarianism, by Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Sectarianism can produce a Crip versus Bloods mentality. People ready to argue and fight with someone over their sect, their sheikh, even over their madhhab or tariqa.
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How Political Correctness can Derail Meaningful Intra-Muslim Dialogue. By Imam Luqman Ahmad
This not so subtle lexical lunge into la la land regarding the word Islam is just one casualty of modern-day political correctness. The religion of Islam is built upon divine truths, not politically engineered truisms.
Imam Luqman Ahmad Mosque Without Borders 