Islamic Revival

The Tamil translation of the book 'Nizam al Islam' (The System of Islam) by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani can be downloaded from: The System of Islam (Tamil)

The following is an Urdu talk given by a sister on a FM Radio station in New Delhi: Get this widget | Track details | eSnips Social DNA It can be downloaded from: Muslim women, East - West or Islam

The following has been adapted from a political analysis article issued before the elections. Kenya's opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) claims that last month's election was rigged in favour of President Mwai Kibaki. Protests have led to over 900 deaths nationwide and more than 250,000 people have fled their homes. According to the official results, Mr Kibaki won with a tiny margin of 230,000 votes out of a total cast of some 10 million. There were various discrepencies in the elections, such as: The results were delayed for more than a day, at a time when ODM candidate Raila Odinga was leading Many thousands of people seem to have only voted in the presidential election but not the parliamentary or local polls held at the same time Some of these results came from areas known to be pro-Kibaki In the parliamentary race, Mr Odinga's ODM won twice as many seats as Mr Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) Results in some constituencies were different when announc

The following is the transcript of a circle given on this subject. وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ “Woe to the defrauders” [TMQ 83:1] • Today Inshallah I want to discuss with you some aspects of the problems and the turbulence to the stock markets that occurred in India due to problems in the US economy which has had a worldwide impact. • Before I discuss this topic and go into some detail, I want to discuss the way that we should view this topic and approach it. We must approach this topic for the correct motive. • Some Muslims may discuss this issue because they are just interested in the economic affairs or as just for academic reasons, e.g. some Muslims I know discuss the economic affairs merely to write essays for their courses. We should not approach this topic in this manner, the manner of an economics lesson or lecture. • Other people may not see the relevance of discussing such a topic, they may say: “what’s the point of going into detail about the subject” or

The following is a translation from an Arabic Q&A: Question: What statements uttered by the husband leads to divorce. I.e. if the husbands says to his wife to leave his house, is this equivalent to a divorce or is it only when the word ‘talaq’ is used? Answer: The expression used for divorce is the word ‘divorce and its derivatives’ such as when the man says to his wife ‘You are divorced (anti taaliq) or ‘I have divorced you (tallaqtuki) and the like from the derivatives of the word ‘divorce’. If he said this then the divorce will take place in its correct form according to the Sharee’ah rules. In this situation the intention is not considered. If the divorce was pronounced with seriousness or jokingly the divorce will take place. The Messenger (saw) said: Three things should be taken as serious and their joking is taken as serious and they are: marriage, divorce and Raj’ah (taking the wife back after the revocable divorce [Talaq raj’i]) Reported by Tirmizi and he said it is Hasan

Nothing but tales of the Ancients The claim that Islam is not “modern” is not a new one. In fact, Quraish presented a similar argument to Prophet Muhammad (saw): “When it is said to them, "What is it that your Lord has revealed?" they say, "Asateeru al-awwaleen” (Tales of the ancients)!"” [TMQ 16:24] As revealed in this Ayah, Quraish used to dismiss Islam as simply being stories that belonged to ancient times. In other words, Quraish were implying that they were “modern” and Islam was a relic of the past. The Islamic Shariah encompasses all the actions of man, completely and comprehensively, at every time and place. Unfortunately, some Muslim speakers are now issuing calls to modernize our understanding of Islam. The claim is that Islam was silent on issues and that Islam left room for man to govern/legislate in certain areas. This would therefore require the need for a “new Fiqh” (Islamic jurisprudence); where ultimately we do what we feel is right. This idea threa