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SEERAH a Milad-un-Nabi special edition from: |
The deep attachment Muslims have for the noble Messenger of Allah, upon whom be peace, is reflected in celebrations of his birthday with great reverence and enthusiasm throughout the world. This is exactly how it should be. But since Muslims today are not in the driving seat of history, the Prophet's Seerah, like so many other aspects of Islam, has been reduced to a few rituals. Muslims have lost touch with the real message that the Prophet came to deliver. CLICK HERE. The intellectual potential of the SeerahThe life of the Prophet and his example are the basic models that exemplify Islam's method of historical transformation. The Prophet began with a handful of individuals, organised them into small groups, then into larger goal-achieving systems, until the process led to the setting-up of the Islamic State. This clearly required the development of a versatile political process of incredible complexity and effectiveness. In this article, Dr Kalim Siddiqui describes the Seerah as the unopened treasure-chest of Islam. CLICK HERE. Time to reconsider the SeerahDespite its great importance, most Muslims have a limited, narrow view of the life of the Prophet. Imam Mohammed al-Asi looks at the broader perspective in his inimitable style. CLICK HERE. A charter for Muslim unityOver the years, the Saudis and others have tried to split the Ummah down the middle with some success. There have been many reasons for this. Appeals to sectarianism tend to play on the fears and prejudices of some Muslims. Many well-meaning Muslims, who genuinely believe that they are working for Islam rather than for the enemies of Islam, have been fooled into helping them. To address this, a new campaign for unity was launched in London earlier this year. FULL STORY. |
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