🧵 Glad to see we’re finally having a conversation about fathers abusing their daughters. Muslims have a wrong perception about parenthood as though all parents are infallible god-like beings. This needs to change.
Many young men tend to think their parents are paragons of virtue, only to get married and their wives have to go living hell at home. Yet they still won’t rethink their perception of their parents.
Apr 1, 2023 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 There are rules related to takfir.
1) A person enters Islam only by declaring the two statements of faith (shahadatayn). Once the shahadatayn are said, a person is definitively Muslim, even if there are strong indications otherwise.
Nov 29, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 MA and PhD scholarships for Islamic research at UK universities.
Jameel Scholarship
MA and PhD.
100% fees.
£15,896 grant for PhD students.
£2,500 towards research (e.g. books, travel, laptop).
Only for studies on Islam in Britain at Cardiff University. cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-the…
Jun 11, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 How can I tribute a man who was perhaps the greatest scholar of our generation? A man who didn’t need ‘Shaykh’ or ‘Mufti’ before his name. A man who was an entire league his own. Taha Karaan. May Allah have mercy on his soul.
His unparalleled intelligence, sharp memory and impressive credentials aside, Shaykh Taha Karaan was a man whose warmth of character would melt the hardest of hearts.
