Islamic Revival

All Praises are due to Allah, who removed the tyrant Gaddafi from the face of the earth. Just as he accused those opposing his tyrannical rule as rats, he was found crawling in the sewer hiding from his fate. This was his end in this life, and in the hereafter what awaits him from the Promise of Allah is greater, inshahAllah. Allahs (swt) says in the Quran   أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجۡهِهِۦ سُوٓءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ‌ۚ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡسِبُونَ (٢٤)  كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَأَتَٮٰهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ (٢٥)  فَأَذَاقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخِزۡىَ فِى ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا‌ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُ‌ۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ (٢٦ “Is he then, who will confront with his face the awful torment on the Day of Resurrection (as he who enters peacefully in Paradise)? And it will be said to the Oppressors:  “Taste what you used to earn! ” (24) Those before them belied, and so the torment came on them from directions the

Backdrop of Middle East Uprising The  ummah  (Islamic nation) around the world is rising and seeking to reclaim the authority from rulers of the Middle East. In country after country we are seeing the people lose their fear of the regimes that have been suppressing, repressing, torturing and imprisoning them and standing in the way of their political aspirations. Some of these rulers have fallen, and others are living precariously; and the momentum is for change. Fatwah legitimising Rulers Although the Ummah is seeking to change its rulers certain Ulama have given fataawa legitimising the rule and authority of the rulers of their respective countries. One prominent example is the fatwah of the ‘Council of Senior Scholars’ in Saudi Arabia which gave the fatwa that even protests and demonstrations are not permitted as Saudi Arabia is legitimate Islamic state, below is some key sections of the fatwa: ‘ Protection of the community is of the greatest principles of Isl ā m. It is from the