-
Rulers, Rebellions, Righteous Anger
THIS PIECE DISCUSSES the issue of whether or not Muslims can publicly criticise their Muslim ruler or government (if so, where, when and how), and if rebelling against state authority would Islamically be allowed? This article is a long read, comprised of seven sections. It’s an unarguable fact that Islam does not abide anarchy on… Continue reading
-
Muslim Modesty vs. Red Pill Masculinity
WHEN IT COMES to gender interactions, Islam insists on decent and appropriate behaviour and dignified conduct between the sexes. In other words, gender relations must be built upon the virtues of modesty (haya’), dignity (waqar) and respectability (haybah). In fact, it’s probably not an exaggeration to say that men simply can’t be men, or rijal, in… Continue reading
-
Religion Is Not A Substitute for Science
ACCORDING TO THE standard secular story that’s been repeatedly told to us for the past century or so, just a few short decades after the start of modernity, science was able to defeat religion with its sheer brilliance and power to explain. We’ve been led to believe that for centuries religion had been doing some… Continue reading
-
A Few Thoughts On the Death of Non-Muslims
SOME MUSLIMS LABOUR under the mistaken notion that given the enormity of disbelief in Allah’s final Prophet ﷺ and Revelation, one must not speak well of a non-Muslim (kafir) when they pass away on disbelief. Islamic teachings do not, however, require or insist upon such an uncharitable approach. Many non-Muslims died during the lifetime of… Continue reading
-
Educating the Heart
This episode is called: Educating the Heart. Previous podcast can be found on iTunes, and also on this blog here. https://thehumblei.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/6.-Educating-the-Heart.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Continue reading
-
Learning Tawhid in Ten Minutes Or Ten Years?
By the late eighties, or maybe the early nineties, ‘‘Aqidah comes first’ started to become something of a slogan in certain Muslim quarters here in Britain. It can’t be dismissed that ‘aqidah, ‘creed’ or ‘belief’ (from ‘aqada: to tie, bind, fasten securely – out of which comes the idea of tying certain beliefs to the heart in utter conviction of… Continue reading
-
Is Today’s Islam a Failure or Success Story?
ONE COULD ARGUE that Islam, despite what we are being led to believe, is actually a modern success story. Now this might sound strange to some, perhaps to many. So let me explain: No doubt, media portrayals are negative, dark and gloomy. And of course, events around the world involving Muslims, or at least the… Continue reading
-
Modernity & Compulsory Schooling: the Theft of Children’s Minds?
‘We don’t need no education We don’t need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the class room Teachers leave them kids alone Hey teachers leave them kids alone! All in all it’s just another brick in the wall.’ [Pink Floyd, Brick in the Wall] IN 1800 ONLY five percent of Britain had any formal… Continue reading