Imperialism And Resistance

on the Re-Africanization of Islam in America

Important to understand the concepts that Imam Musa discusses in this khutba, on how, in the US, a social justice/liberation oriented Islam has been replaced with a cathedral type of Islam …

on the occasion of Imam Khomeini’s death anniversary – a must watch and listen: (with English voice over beginning at about 4 minutes)

An must watch talk on the concept of Wilayat e Faqih and on the importance of not attempting to justify and prove Islamic concepts based on reigning ideologies.

A beautiful talk on reaching our potentials

This article by Syed Jawad Naqwi requires some historical background, specifically Karbala – Ashura. Sayida Zainab, was the daughter of Fatima Zahra and Imam Ali (AS), sister of Imam Hussain (AS), she was present in Karbala, and was the primary force who spoke up, i.e. did not remain silent in front of the oppressive regime of Yazid (la). The article appears to be a translation of a talk in Urdu, and does not quite carry the weight of the original, but an important read nevertheless, for those interested in understanding this source of inspiration for a significant number of Muslims.

How did Lady Zainab (s) break the silence of the people of Kufa? In one year an army of four thousand came out from the same Kufa; those silent spectators, sealed lips, pragmatics, making excuses of limitations and pressure, admirers of compromises and security who after being influenced by Muawiyah self made role models, bags of Dirhams and women were sitting silent silently inside the homes; the daughter of Ali (a.s) broke their silence.

Lady Zainab (s.a) is that divine role model who got over the public opinion and by preparing a true public opinion made this same spectator public carry out a congregation act. This was a Role model for whom there was a need for us to understand but instead of doing so we changed this role model into some other role model.

Today the way Lady Zainab (s.a) has been presented in our gatherings (Majalis) is like an aggrieved and troubled lady who sometime is asking water from people and sometime pleading for veil (Chador).

Whereas Lady Zainab (s.a) is the lady who is the standard bearer of Dignity and a lady non tolerant to any humiliation. Lady Zainab (s) has broken the silence of humiliation then how can we portray such a humiliating image of her. It is necessary to present such Role Models today because they are the need of the era. It is the demand of the era that we should present that role model who can influence the general public opinion whereby public reaction can come out otherwise this silence is so deep that it cannot be broken by any other means.

click here to read complete article

A series of excellent majalis delivered by Shaykh Shabbir Hassanally – reflecting on both individual and societal levels of pride and arrogance, with examples from the Qur’an, our history, and our contemporary period. The majalis are in English – and are a must viewing for Muslim and non-Muslim readers of this blog, especially those of you who do not speak Urdu (as most of the majalis I post here are in Urdu).

There are five majalis in all, embeded below is the first day (unfortunately, for some reason, there is a fair bit of background noise and beeping that can be a minor irritant – but bear with it, because the content is important and clearly presented) – A playlist for all five days is available here