Yasir Qadhi acknowledges that the academic world will never accept Hadith as authentic because it operates on the historical-critical method (HCM), which differs fundamentally from traditional Muslim epistemology. While he admits this is a problem, he stops short of…+

https://twitter.com/talkquran/status/1944887524964622694

…challenging the HCM itself or exposing its flaws. Rather than defending the internal coherence and rigor of Hadith sciences by directly contrasting them with the assumptions and limitations of HCM, he opts for a posture of accommodation, suggesting that one must simply…+

Fact: Every single western feminist contributes to this heart wrenching pain and injustice

https://twitter.com/s_m_marandi/status/1940410614763184210

The reason Western feminists go silent when facing Zionism is because their secular framework is not built to confront colonialism, it's built to manage identity. Rooted in liberal ideals of individual autonomy and rights, Western feminism prioritizes gender over justice, and…+

To claim that colonialism was no different than earlier conquests, such as the expansion of Islamic civilization, overlooks the fundamentally different nature and objectives of colonial rule. When Islamic empires expanded, whether during the Umayyad Caliphate into Andalusia or…+ …the Ottoman entry into the Balkans, they did so within a framework that acknowledged the legitimacy of multiple legal systems, local customs, and religious identities. In Ottoman lands, for example, Christians and Jews were governed by their own religious laws through the…+

Technology, as we know it today, is not a neutral, universal inheritance; it is the product of a distinctly European saga of doubt, conquest, and restless innovation. It answered Europe’s own spiritual and social anxieties, about nature’s unpredictability, time’s scarcity, and…+ …the fragility of human control, by offering mastery, measurement, and speed. When Muslims import this entire technological paradigm without pause, they also import the very mechanisms that once soothed Europe’s worries. Yet those worries were born of a history Islam never…+

Therapeutic selves, what we are becoming 🧵 In “The Culture of Narcissism”, Christopher Lasch uses the term "therapeutic self" to describe individuals shaped by the modern culture of narcissism. This "therapeutic self" is characterized by a focus on self-fulfillment, self-care, and…+

How Christianity is a dead religion 🧵

1/7

Christian women all have sex outside marriage

This makes Christian men cuckolds

pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…

https://twitter.com/ancestralvril/status/1823803273972998299

2/7

Christians legalize LGTV and give their children sex changes

All Christian countries have pride parades

No Muslim nation has a pride parade

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
[🧵]

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.

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…+

How often does the Quran, in a verse or two, capture an entire field of wisdom that takes man several books to demonstrate

For example, currently reading fanon and he spends an entire book analyzing the psychology of colonization.

In surah Ali-Imran however, two powerful…+

…verses hold the entire message for those who stop and reflect.

In verse 13 Allah mentions the daunting reality facing the Muslims at badr, an army twice their size, an army also far better prepared.

It’s interesting also that it’s explicitly mentioned that the…+

Epistemic subjugation.

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..+

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Ramadan Mubarak! #Ramadan

Here’s a thread on health benefits of Ramadan☪️🤲

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

academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/1…

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🧵]

1.
"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 is so academically flawed I understand now why stupid people shouldn’t be underestimated

Let’s analyze below through a few different sources how Islam’s conquests were particularly peaceful and welcomed by the conquered societies [THREAD🧵]

https://twitter.com/JustLuai/status/1735953793152426196

When entering Persia, Muslims:
- Didn't massacre people
- Didn't seize their lands or live among them
- Didn't disturb their religious costumes
- Were less than 10% of the population
- Couldn't have controlled all these lands if they had been met with resistance from people

How veiled women proved to be too powerful and a constant anxiety for modern western thought leading to their dehumanization [THREAD🧵]

“..it is the nature of the veil as a gaze inhibitor that most contributes to it coming under attack. Though the dynamics at play started…+

…during modern colonialism, they continue to the present day.”

Bullock highlights two key points to note: 1 - The veil completely blocks the gaze and therefore limits access to the woman. 2 - under modernity the material world is open access; any obstacles are a clear challenge

🧵 5 most often repeated myths about the “medieval” past that help downplay failures of the modern world

1. In medieval times people didn’t live past the age of 35.

- Upon closer examination it’s revealed that the average person lived till the age of 70 just like today, and the high rates of infant mortality is a hallmark of all of human history until the 20th century

“That teachers in Muslim universities do not possess the vision of Islam and, therefore, are not driven by its cause is certainly the greatest calamity of Muslim education. Throughout the Muslim world, students enter the university equipped, as far as the Islamic vision is…+

…concerned, with the little knowledge of Islam they acquired at home or in elementary or secondary school. Obviously, this constitutes no "vision" and no "cause". Ideologically, therefore, the freshman student enters as a blank sheet. He may come with sentiments but surely…+

Time to do this again?

Ok Bismillah

Let’s analyze below what atheism and Islam have done to societal standards and well being 🧵

Short answer: atheism has been a disaster, Islam has prevailed

https://twitter.com/apostateali/status/1722745283509883004

Atheism results in suicidal thoughts. Atheist doctors and non-religious hospitals also were more likely to recommend suicide to their patients.
link.springer.com/article/10.100

Question: What are the means which the west uses in order to spread their ideas and thoughts?

1. They attempt to conquer the minds of the Muslim children. They do this by infusing in them western values and concepts, so that they believe that the best way to adopt in any…+

…matter is that of the west

2. Custody of a large group of the children of the Muslims in every country, concern for them and bringing them up, such that when they have absorbed western thoughts, they return to their countries with a halo of praise and respect. They then…+

The inspiring story of Hala & her hijab, told by her niece:

“In 1979 my grandfather made the decision to leave his home in Syria & start a new life the U.S. The plan was that my grandfather would come to California first and then my grandmother would follow along with their 7…+ …children. Their American Airlines Flight #191 reservations included a stop in New York then a connection in Chicago before finally arriving in California. They landed in New York first. All immigrants first had to apply for a green card before their next destination. My aunt+

Most western values that are prevalent today weren’t born in a vacuum. Instead, they are a result of carefully crafted philosophical ideas that built upon each other, enabling the rise of morally/spiritually degraded societies

Here’s a look at the big players of this process:

(Recommended read through the pages)

It starts with Descartes with his radical skepticism, denying all knowledge previously accepted.

Rousseau enters the scene (famous for giving up all 5 of his children for adoption), and posits that only our inner feelings define us

It’s hilarious this is what the common western criticism has become:

“Look how happy we are as a handful of corporations run their full will on us and horde capital while the common man is wholly neglected”

Let’s analyze below the state of the irreligious world [THREAD]

https://twitter.com/garethdavies007/status/1682634831140642816

Godlessness results in suicidal thoughts. Atheist doctors and non-religious hospitals also were more likely to recommend suicide to their patients.
… https://t.co/EXwMrsxaeMlink.springer.com/article/10.100