Islamic Revival

Rabbi calls on Muslims to separate religion and politics The UK ’s Chief Rabbi has called on Muslims to get used to living as a minority in Britain and to learn to separate religion from power. Lord Sacks said that neither Muslims nor Christians had yet learnt the lessons inflicted on the Jewish people by the Babylonian exile. “One of the great advantages of being Jewish is you know how to sing in the minor key,” he said. “We have had 26 centuries of experience ever since the Babylonian exile of living as a minority in the midst of a culture that does not share our views. Christianity and Islam have not had that experience.” He said that Christianity had learnt toleration but only after 100 years of “knocking the hell out of each other all over Europe ”. “I have no doubt that Islam will work its way through to the essential situation that Judaism arrived at and Christianity, namely the substantive separation of religion from power. But there’s no quick way of getting there. It is q...

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ Question:  We say in the book Al-Takattul Hizb on page 4 (page 1 in English version) at the bottom of the page: "Those in charge of the Islamic movements called for Islam in a general and undefined manner..." Our questions here are: 1- What is the meaning of calling for Islam in a general and undefined manner? What are some examples of this? 2- What are the evidences indicating that it is impermissible for Islamic movements to call to Islam in a general and undefined manner? Answer:  Performing the Da'wa in a general manner means that it is not crystallized or defined, and does not prevent things external to it from entering it. Its doors are open, and any external thoughts are free to enter under the excuse of "not contradicting it", or that they contain "benefit," or other similar excuses. He who is without a crystallized thought (Fikrah), clear concepts, and defined goals for their Da'wa will n...

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ Question:  Does "Change" fall under the sphere that man dominates? If so, can man control the time and place of change? Furthermore, if an extended period of time passes and change does not occur, does this indicate that something is wrong with the people working towards it? Or does "Change" fall under the sphere that dominates man? If this is the case, then what is this verse referring to? إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ "Truly, Allah does not change the situation of a people until they change what is within themselves first" [Ar-Ra'ad, 13:11] Answer: If the word "Change" mentioned in the question is referring to "working towards change," then yes, it falls under the sphere that man dominates. The Akham Shari'ee related to this are clear. On the other hand, if the word is referring to "achieving change," then this is not ...