Kategori: 4- The Islamic Caliphate
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Taking Others as Lords: Parliaments
In every Muslim country today there is a building where a few hundred people vote on what citizens may do and what they must avoid, and once the votes are counted the result becomes law, enforced by police, courts and schools on everyone, whatever the Quran and the Sunnah say…
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The Burning Child and the Silent Pulpits
Look at her. A little girl from Gaza sits wrapped in a blanket while fire swallows the walls around her, and in the next frame she lies in a hospital bed with burns across her face, staring into the camera with eyes that ask the whole Ummah one question. Where…
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The Ummah Unites Only Upon Tawhid
The Muslims today are great in number and light in weight. They are spread across more than fifty states, each with its own flag, its own border and its own loyalty, and every few years a new summit, a new alliance or a new slogan promises to bring them together…
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Palestine Belongs to the Whole Ummah
For more than a hundred years the land of al Masjid al Aqsa has been bleeding in front of the eyes of almost two billion Muslims, and for more than a hundred years those Muslims have been taught to watch it like spectators watching a match in a foreign league.…
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Boycott Without a State is a Wound Without a Body
Boycott is obligatory. Bukhārī records a Companion cutting Makkah’s grain, no ruler’s command needed. Ibn Taymiyyah names trading with the enemy’s economy as aiding sin. Fifty Jordanian scholars, the IUMS, Indonesia’s MUI all ruled it wājib. But sincerity without structure isn’t a weapon. Quraysh’s siege of Banū Hāshim worked through…
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If your country’s football team conceding a goal hurts you more than a child being shot in Gaza, then it’s time to question your faith!
There is a particular kind of pain that the Muslim heart feels when the national football team concedes a goal. Hands go to heads. Men who have not prayed Fajr in years suddenly shout at the sky. Group chats explode. The emotion is raw, immediate, and unfiltered. Now ask yourself…
