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Faheem A. Hussain Profile picture
Faheem A. Hussain
@FaheemAMHussain
Independent researcher: MENA, philosophy. Bibliophile. RTs & likes = interesting. Migrating to this: https://t.co/rPO4GJJHu8
Apr 10 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
What are the knowledge basics for a diaspora communities? Rural or urban.

For all; kids and adults, for men and women.

1. Teaching Quran from reading to tajweed
2. Basic essential knowledge; fiqh, Riyadh AlSaliheen, tafseer etc, in English
3. Reminders for all, in English
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4. Teaching Arabic
5. basic to intermediate Arabic texts, much smaller circle.

Every community must have these basics. Not talking about research or ifta.
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Mar 26 • 19 tweets • 3 min read
15 Myths of Neo-classicism

The following are crude myths, or tropes, that perhaps few traditional scholars accept in their entirety. They do circulate freely amongst the laity, and are assumed and mentioned explicitly in umpteen talks by scholars in neo-classical circles. /1 1. Salafism arose from egotism
2. ⁠Salafism is a form of Protestantism
3. ⁠Salafi tradition is not repository of serious scholarship /2
Mar 9 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Quite a few are quick to say: "Salafism is Islam's protestantism."

Sometime explicitly mentioned in academic literature, almost taken for granted amongst others.
Whether this a pejorative depends on one's appreciation of Islamic tradition, and Catholic Church. Yes certainly there are elements, but then that perhaps misses a broader question.

'Why did modernity make protestantism the way it did?, and did these same processes do the same for Islam?
Jun 7, 2022 • 46 tweets • 7 min read
This is all very strange. These are people putting names which is good, because anonymous critics doesn’t really solve anything.

But there are real questions re the nature of criticisms and critics.

Some thoughts. 1. ‘Only once you’ve exhausted all channels of redress.’

Does that mean you still accept the institutions and you only do this begrudgingly? I mean - you seem to want to cake and eat it.
Jan 1, 2022 • 43 tweets • 7 min read
Being very argumentative, I tend to disagree with @DrUsaama (alot!), but I love this essay - and especially the tone and respect in which it was written.

Some thoughts to follow. Now I’m late to this having been on a Twitter hiatus - and I’m sure there was a Twitter ding-dong when it first came out. I just want to highlight the points on neo-traditionalism and ijaza asaanid if only to repeat and give my two pence.