Jul 28, 2012

Post Islamist Revolutions - Prof Tariq Ramadan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXu1JXUth1o

Prof Tariq Ramadan was in Malaysia recently and TVSunnah managed to capture one the Lectures entitled - POST ISLAMIST REVOLUTIONS. Organised by IRF - Islamic Renaissance Front - the lecture was held on the 15th July 2012 at The International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).

Jul 27, 2012

Al Jabbar : Mending the broken heart


In our journey to gain tranquility of the heart, we explored what we need to know when faced with difficult situations. We need to understand that Allah has told us we will be tested, that these tests are for a reason, and that there will be relief insha’Allah (God willing). When we are worried thinking about the future, we need to work hard but have full trust in Allah that He will not leave us, and we must always think well of Allah because that is what we will find.

Jul 26, 2012

Insightful Quotes

"When you will learn to ignore,
You won't have to bear the burden of hatred." 
-- Shihan


"To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books." 
--Musaffa

Jul 21, 2012

Few preparations for marriage

website for dua on marriage  : http://www.duas.org/matri1.htm

istikhara : http://islamqa.info/en/ref/2217

Istikhara, How and Why : Abdul Nasir Jangda:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEcovFTsQ4E

In The Footsteps of the Prophet ; How Muslims should Contribute to the World --by Tariq Ramadan

"In The Footsteps of the Prophet ; How Muslims should Contribute to the World" - a lecture by Prof Tariq Ramadan

Dr. Tariq Ramadan in Kualalampur Malaysia in July 2012


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1roj2Oi4s3Y

Jul 19, 2012

Fasting in Ramadan

"O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous" - (Surah Baqarah :183)


Tariq Ramadan Quotes - 2

"The more I know, the best I believe. The more I know, the best I'm worshiping Him (Allah). Because, in the end Allah knows the best. But what I am trying to do by the knowledge is, to come close."
-- Tariq Ramadan [Zaytuna Guest Lecture]


"Many people comes to me to ask "which one are you first? are you Swiss or Muslim?
I reply, "silly question".
When I vote, I am a Swiss. When I die, I am a Muslim. Because, I am not gonna die with my passport! I will die with my faith. and when I vote, it is because of the passport I have."
-- Tariq Ramadan [in burke lecture]

Reading Inside Islam-WISC article on Tariq Ramadan

I was reading an article on Taiq Ramadan on his thoughts and book "What I Believe".
http://insideislam.wisc.edu/index.php/archives/4224

This is a wonderful review on Professor Ramadan's "what I believe". Thanks to Reem for this write-up.
Dr Tariq Ramadan has got some amazing thoughts that fascinated me. Especially the ideas of pluralism is very essential in all the communities. I would emphasize that even in this Muslim community, this perspective is missing at a large scale which should had to be there. People of different ideas, religions, caste, creed are there in this earth, it is the diversity we must acknowledge. and keeping it in mind, we should move together for making this world a good place.

At the same time, Professor Ramadan always emphasizes in spiritual intelligence and intelligent spirituality. This is really essential for any believer, from any belief. What I realized from his other write-ups, we really need hold strong voice against all odds of our communities. No matter who is that or how is that. When we will practice to speak against the wrong-doing of the community and national leaders, we will be serving better by them.
In the end, we all need a better place for living on earth, providing a better earth to our next generation.

Jul 18, 2012

Jul 16, 2012

Tariq Ramadan Quotes

Tariq Ramadan is someone who opened a world to me. I learned to relate my religious understandings and their deep meanings with the philosophical essence. So I take any probable opportunity to learn his ideas.Quotes I collected are from various sources of  internet where a major part is from the twitter account of Professor Tariq Ramadan. Hope the learners all over the world will be benefited by his amazing quotes. May Our Lord bless us!

Disclaimer: There might be mistakes in this collection as sources were different blogs, tweets, goodreads, youtube lectures I listened to and noted down. so please don't refer these quotes in any formal media, publications.

QUOTES OF TARIQ RAMADAN:

  1. "We have to be the media when media is silent "--@TariqRamadan 
  2. "To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless"--@TariqRamadan.
  3. " we fail when we try to give simple answers to complicated problems" --@TariqRamadan
  4. A good Muslim is not one who is strictest in his judgment, but who is most patient in listening--@TariqRamadan
  5. We pray in the night to change the world during the day---@TariqRamadan
  6. "There is no Shariah without positive Jihad, which is promoting good in the society."--@TariqRamadan
  7. "A Muslim should be sincerely religious AND politically aware." --@TariqRamadan
  8. "Stand up for your values, be courageous and humble"--@TariqRamadan
  9. "There is no faith, without a critical mind"--@TariqRamadan
  10. "We need to realize that we should be on the side of any human being who is oppressed."--@TariqRamadan
  11. "The message of Islam asks you to be intellectually, spiritually, socially, and politically independent" --@TariqRamadan
  12. "Islam doesn't need reform, we need to reform the Muslim mind." --@TariqRamadan

Jul 12, 2012

Ibn Taymiyyah quotes -1

Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) said:

The Religion of the Muslims is built upon following the Book of Allaah, the Sunnah of His Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and that which the Ummah has agreed upon.  So these are the three infallible usool (fundamentals). So whatever the Ummah differs in, then it is referred back to Allaah and His Messenger.
Thus, it is not for anyone to set up a person for the Ummah, and to call to his way and form walaa' (love, loyalty and allegiance) and 'adaa (enmity and hatred) based upon that, except for the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). Nor is any speech set up for them based upon which they form walaa' and 'adaa except for the Speech of Allaah, and that of His Messenger, and that which the Ummah has agreed upon.
Rather, this is that practice of the people of innovation, who set up a person or a saying, with which they cause splits in the Ummah; forming walaa' and 'adaa based upon that saying or ascription.

Majmoo'ul Fataawaa (20/164)

I tried and it didn't work by Imam Suhaib Webb

A firing amazing speech by Imam Suhaib webb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an30sWAUr74

Jul 11, 2012

Dr. Tariq Ramadan - Radical Reform

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLlDJ8h5HQE

Dr. Tariq Ramadan - Radical Reform (ISBCC Friday Halaqa 4/13/2012) 

Tariq Ramadan at PEN American Center - Secularism, Islam, and Democracy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoLE4PeTUgE


PEN American Center - Secularism, Islam, and Democracy Muslims in Europe and the West Entire Event

In his first public appearance in the United States since he was barred from entering the country in 2004, Tariq Ramadan discusses the relationship between Islam and the West with Dalia Mogahed, George Packer, Joan Wallach Scott, and Jacob Weisberg at the 2010 event Secularism, Islam, and Democracy: Muslims in Europe and the West.

http://www.tariqramadan.com/spip.php?lang=fr

Hamza Yusuf: God-consciousness After Ramadan (Eid Al Fitr 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS9GZBB_D8M

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf offers reflections before the sermon and prayer on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, 2011.
Hamza Yusuf is a co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, Ca: http://www.zaytunacollege.org/
For additional lectures and articles by Hamza Yusuf, http://sandala.org/

Fasting, Materialism and Time Management: Ramadan Advice by Imam Suhaib Webb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDfO46rl0_g

Imam Suhaib Webb offers Ramadan advice to Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive students on fasting, materialism and time management. Gain Knowledge & Support a College, become a Zaytuna Companion today,
http://www.zaytunacollege.org/companions


How Morocco Dodged the Arab Spring

written by Nicolas Pelham on NYR BLOG

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/jul/05/how-morocco-dodged-arab-spring/

Jul 7, 2012

True Loneliness

True Loneliness is not having Allah in one's life

Jul 5, 2012

King Faisal of Saudi Arabia

Henry Kissinger & King Faisal in 1973, tried but failed to get King Faisal to agree to lift the Saudi embargo on oil shipments to the U.S

Jul 3, 2012

Not an Islamic State, but a Civil State? :: Tariq Ramadan

by Tariq Ramadan | 30 Jan 2012
One of the distinguishing features of political Islam in the early twentieth century was its call for the creation of an Islamic state. Methods and strategies might differ ("bottom up" for the Muslim Brotherhood, "top down" by revolution for other organisations, and as happened in Iran), but the aim remained the same.

The structure of the state was conceptualised in the light of Islamic principles (as drawn up by the classical Sunni and Shiite traditions) and articulated around the core concept of "Islamic law," meaning the concept of Sharia. It was no accident that late nineteenth and early twentieth century Islamist organisations expressly sought to revive Islam's social and political heritage.

As the Ottoman Empire was being dismantled and broken up into numerous smaller countries, and as western colonial rulers expanded their control, it became essential to visualise the paths and the stages leading to independence and, in the long run, to reunifying the Ummah, the Muslim spiritual community, understood – or idealised – at the time as a political entity, which the Ottoman state had symbolically, though imperfectly, represented.

Jul 1, 2012

Tariq Ramadan The Quest for Meaning and Pluralism

Tariq Ramadan - The Quest for Meaning: Pluralism in SFU


This is a wonderful presentation of Professor Tariq Ramadan in SFU.

President Mursi's Speech and BBC World review

The speech in Tahrir square : 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHmZTFsevf8


BBC World review on President Mursi's Speech : 

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/p00trs08