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The role of the ‘tasawwuf’ as a protector of society against extremism.

The title of today’s talk, of today’s conference, is the function of tasawwuf, of Sufism, as the protector of society against extremism. I’ll start by talking about what extremism is, which means ‘pushing something to its limit, to its extreme, or the fact that something is extreme, or advocating for measures or having opinions that are extreme’. Today, the word …

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‘The Muslim is, by definition, intellectual’

Spengler says in his work The Decline of the West: “History teaches us that the doubt of faith leads to knowledge, and the doubt of knowledge – after a time of critical analysis – again to faith.” Man, as the rational being that he is, is constantly looking for an explanation for the events and phenomena that occur around him. …

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Love for the Prophet Mohammed

We bring you an excerpt from the interesting work ash-Shifa by Qadi ‘Iyad. His subject matter and the way he approaches it encourages us to share these two sections of his second chapter. We hope you enjoy them. Section 1: Concerning the necessity of loving Him Allah says. “Say: ‘If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, or your wives, or …

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