Islamic Revival

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ The heart of the abode of Islam is al-Sham and its covenant is ruling by Islam The spectra of the Syrian political opposition abroad have begun to declare pacts and covenants for the future Syria as they see it. The Syrian National Council and others announced in Istanbul yesterday, 27/03/2012, what they called the "National Pact for the future Syria". Before this, on 25/03/2012, the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria announced a similar covenant which they called "the Covenant and Pact". These pacts have in common the intent that Syria becomes a democratic state in which people legislate their own laws, permitting and prohibiting as they wish, instead of legislation and the right to prohibit and permit being for the Lord of the people, the Lord of the Worlds. They also intend Syria to be a secular civil state, in which religion is separated from public life. In such a case, Islam would not be the centre of life, the director and base o

Sharique Naeem  The Law of a land governs the relationship of individuals within that Society; therefore, the law is central to any society as it is the yardstick for decisions. In the west, the secular law has found general acceptance as the premises for governing the society, and while there are debates on reforms, ethical values, and policies, etc. every now and then, the undertone is set within the context of the secular law. In the Muslim societies, however, this general acceptance never materialized. And it is for this reason that the very notion of validity of secular law is contested so often.  In fact, a close scrutiny of many of the Political trends in the Muslim world show that the underlying challenge is of identifying and accepting the source of law; for example, whether it is to be derived from Faith or Secular premises. With the advent of the Islamic awakening, labeled as the Arab Spring , this debate has become even more prominent. While the model of Na

The following is the draft English translation of a chapter from the masterpiece ,  'Shaksiya Islamiya' (The Islamic Personality) volume 1 by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani.   For exact meanings please refer to the original Arabic. With the exception of the issue of the perpetrator of a kabīrah [major sin], over which Wāsil Ibn ‘ Atā’, the head of the Mu’tazilah , withdrew from the circle of al-Hasan al-Basrī, we scarcely find any issue from the issues of ‘Ilm al-Kalam which had not originated from an issue that was discussed by the Greek philosophers. The issue of al-qadā’ wa ‘l-qadar by this name and with the referent which they discussed had been discussed by Greek philosophers, and they had differed in it. This issue is referred to as the issue of al-qadā’ wa ‘l-qadar and as al-jabr wa ‘l-ikhtiyār , and as hurriyat al-irādah , a ll of which have the same referent, namely: the actions that man does, is he free to do them or not, or is he compelled? It never occurred