Wael Hallaq on the exemplary fairness of Muslim courts historically:
"Social equity, which was a major concern of the Muslim court, was defined in moral terms, and it demanded that the morality of the weak..(1/5)
(Book: An introduction to Islamic law)
..and underprivileged be accorded no less attention than that attributed to the rich and mighty." (2/5)
Hallaq mentions how such an approach ensured the limiting of #injustice as much as possible, giving immense support to the weak and underprivileged peoples: (3/5)
In such respects, the #modern court utterly fails where #Islamic courts excelled: (4/5)
An example to note is the open access given to women and their almost unchecked #freedom to do so, specially notable considering the liberal discourse around #Muslim#women today: (5/5)
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Look at how extraordinarily Allah warns of fundamental societal fault lines in just 2 short verses that we so often gloss over in our readings.
Carl trueman, an author and theologian, picks up on the concept through the analysis of types of cultures
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In the second chapter of the book, trueman introduces the concepts of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world cultures
This is not to be confused with the 1st and 3rd world reference that denotes a geographical-political status commonly used in political discussions. This is purely a marker.
For example, 1st and 2nd world cultures are marked by a reference to something transcendent.
1st world cultures are pagan, but that does not mean they do not have morals, their references are the myths and various deities they seek out for help and aid.
Once again the Quran achieves in, only part of a verse, what requires man an entire field of historical analysis to learn
How the Quran warns against modern hypnosis and the zombification of human beings [🧵]
In surah An-Nisa Allah sends the first warning against the consumption of alcohol, stating that whoever is in a state of drunkenness should avoid praying.
What’s interesting is that Allah puts the condition for avoiding it on being aware of what you recite. In other words the…+
…prohibition of alcohol in this instance is more so due to a lack of awareness during salah rather than just the alcohol itself.
From this one can extract the principle that a heightened sense of awareness is the goal. Anything preventing it must be banned from one’s life.
How Muslims are kept intellectually, socially, and politically neutralized even after colonialism.
Two heavy pages from @JosephLumbard 's new publication
Noteable quotes: 1. "Awed by the technological achievements of Western civilization, many have freely surrendered the ground of intellectuality to the secular humanistic and scientistic (as opposed to scientific) worldview that gave rise to them. In doing so, they have relied..+
...upon epistemologies that are not simply foreign to classical Muslim epistemologies, but even opposed to them, because they are grounded in a paradigm that denies the very idea of the transcendent, one that relies upon an illusion of metaphysical neutrality to abolish...+
A lot of scientific papers about Ramadan 🕋, posting all the interesting ones
Ramadan fasting increases gut bacteria diversity, which is results in health benefits such as:
- decreased rates of cancer
- better mental health
- less allergies
- better digestive health
- increased cardiorespiratory fitness
- advanced brain cognition
The words “colonialism, settler state” etc. have been going around for the past 2 months.
Let’s analyze the roots/historical legacy of these realities outlined by professor Aria Nakissa
Here are the 3 steps by which Muslim communities were colonized and neutralized [THREAD🧵]
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"imperial officials tacitly divided the Muslim population of any country into two broad categories:
(1) “good” Muslims favorable to progress and European rule
(2) “bad” Muslims inclined towards fanaticism and revolt. Officials sought to build cooperative relations with good Muslims, and steadily increase their social and political influence.
Meanwhile, officials sought to repress bad “fanatical” Muslims, and steadily decrease their social and political influence. Officials ensured that good Muslim religious authorities were accorded management and leadership positions within the religious infrastructure."
This was something noted by Mahmood Mamdani to be the tactic of choice in recent times as well. The pitting of the “good Muslim” (and who that exactly is) vs the “bad Muslim” (something all Muslims prove themselves not to be)