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Critical Reflections: December 2013
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On Islamic Religion and Society. Monday, December 30, 2013. Theory in religious studies means Western theories of religion. In the academic study of religion in North American (and perhaps European) settings, theoretical frameworks conceived by modern and pre-modern European and American thinkers are employed to study religious traditions and phenomena from all over the world. Let's put aside the European bias of the American academy for a moment, and ask another question: Does speculative thought with e...
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Critical Reflections: March 2014
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On Islamic Religion and Society. Saturday, March 15, 2014. Lessons Learnt from the Abu-Eesa Episode. Over the last few days, we witnessed Abu Eesa’s vicious attacks (without provocation) on feminists and the International Women’s Day, and the public outrage and criticism of the Al-Maghrib instructor that followed. The public outrage at Abu Eesa’s posts and comments triggered the fans of the star. Human beings are vulnerable. Abu Eesa’s defiant tone in his “apologies” (that merely seemed...With more than ...
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Critical Reflections: June 2013
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On Islamic Religion and Society. Friday, June 14, 2013. At some point I must have thought I could never lose the gift of articulation. I must have taken the slightest bit of pride in my ability to exert control over words and expression: my power over parts of my life seemed invincible. I must have thought it was mine. Qur'an 18:32-44 narrates the story of two men:. There is no power but with Allah! Or the water of the garden will run off underground so that thou wilt never be able to find it." So hi...
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Critical Reflections: October 2012
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On Islamic Religion and Society. Saturday, October 27, 2012. The future of Islam and Muslims. I notice that people born in Muslim families and entangled in Muslim cultures often conflate their cultures with religion. The inheritors of the Islamic intellectual tradition – the lay as well as the sophist. 8211; further tend to conflate human opinions and divine will in the package known as “. Islam will survive nonetheless, because occasional non-Muslims will continue to see the beauty and simplicity of the...
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Critical Reflections: April 2013
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On Islamic Religion and Society. Friday, April 05, 2013. Islamic Īmān: Belief in the Unseen? Delivered at UBC on Friday, April 5, 2013). وسلامٌ على عباده الذين اصطفى، فسلامٌ على آخر الأنبياء والصديقين والشهداء، وسلام على عيسى الذي آتاه اللهُ الكتابَ وجعله نبيا، وسلام على موسى الذي آتاه اللهُ التوراة، وسلام على إسحاق وإسماعيل وإبراهيم فإنهم كانوا قانتين لله حنفاء وما كانوا من المشركين. On zher servants whom zhe chose (as zher messengers) [Q27:59] – salām. On Jesus who received God’s kitāb. Ie Qur’an...
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Critical Reflections: Tone policing: Where morality courts pharaohs
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On Islamic Religion and Society. Friday, September 12, 2014. Tone policing: Where morality courts pharaohs. Muslim champions of adab. Or interpersonal etiquette) need to know that God tolerates, even protects foul speech on part of someone who has been wronged (Qur’an 4:148). 8220;Those who defend themselves after they have been wronged cannot be blamed! Privileged beneficiaries of unjust social structures have the luxury to employ fancy language, but those who are in pain usually cry, and wail and moan.
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Critical Reflections: July 2012
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On Islamic Religion and Society. Saturday, July 28, 2012. Ramaḍān: the time to reconnect with Qur’an. Delivered at UBC on Friday, July 28, 2012). الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على الأنبياء والمرسلين،. أما بعد، قال الله تعالى في القرآن الكريم:. We praise God, who is the sustainer of all that exists, and we invoke His blessings on His messengers. Brothers and sisters, I have recited before you three passages from Qur’an. Because this word of God that we know as Qur’an is the bedrock of the Is...
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Critical Reflections: Shall we trust God's khalīfah?
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On Islamic Religion and Society. Wednesday, January 01, 2014. Shall we trust God's khalīfah. God made human beings zher khalīfah. But we are unwilling to trust their judgment. The creator’s deputy was endowed with greater intelligence than any other beings and free will, and was expected to make moral choices and exercise administrative authority. In order to prepare the khalīfah. For the job, Qur’an seeks to cultivate ethical consciousness in a reader. Yet the historical practice of fiqh. Further, the I...
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Critical Reflections: February 2014
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On Islamic Religion and Society. Sunday, February 16, 2014. MSA’s Poster for Islam Awareness Week. Last month, the Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) at UBC organized Islam Awareness Week. I found one of the posters problematic, and I thought I should write a short post about it. Even though it’s late, I hope the fellows at MSA will try to be more thoughtful in future. Is being proposed. Are we. The time or the fact that Islam (or Muslims) once had vast empires? 8217;) of the divine, we ought to demonstr...
