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The Q-News Aricles
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Plovdiv: Granada of the East
When the Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi passed through the Balkan city of Plovdiv in 1650, he pulled out all the organ stops of Ottoman panegyric to describe this ‘mighty city.’ He counted fifty-three mosques, seventy Qur’anic schools, nine madrasas, seven colleges for advanced Qur’anic recitation, eight public baths, and eleven Sufi lodges
Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad
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Benedict XVI and Islam: the first year
In the immediate aftermath of the election of Joseph Ratzinger to the Papacy, Muslim reactions to the new…
Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad
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9/11: A Time for Introspection
This article first appeared in Q-News, the Muslim magazine, www.q-news.com. On September 11th our lives changed forever. We witnessed…
Sh Hamza Yusuf
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What did you set out to do when you began translating the Reliance of the Traveller?
© Nuh Ha Mim Keller 1995 I began translating Reliance of the Traveller in Jordan, out of personal need for…
Sh. Nuh Keller
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How would you respond to the Claim that Sufism is bid’a?
I would respond by looking to see how traditional ulama or Islamic scholars have viewed it. For the…
Sh. Nuh Keller
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Who or what is a Salafi? Is their approach valid?
The word salafi or “early Muslim” in traditional Islamic scholarship means someone who died within the first four hundred years…
Sh. Nuh Keller
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Which of the four orthodox madhhabs has the most developed fiqh for Muslims living as minorities?
Which of the four orthodox madhhabs has the most developed fiqh for Muslims living as minorities? My first…
Sh. Nuh Keller
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Is it permissible for a Muslim to believe that Allah is in the sky in literal sense?
The literal sense of being “in the sky” would mean that Allah is actually in one of His…
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Would you advise individuals to study hadith from al-Bukhari and Muslim on their own?
Any Muslim can benefit from reading hadiths from al-Bukhari and Muslim, whether on his own or with others.…
Sh. Nuh Keller
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What is the meaning of qawwamuna as used in Surat al-Nisa’, verse 34?
Allah says in the Qur’an, Men are caretakers (qawwamuna) of women, because of that through which Allah has…
Sh. Nuh Keller
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What is the distinction between hadith and Sunna?
The word sunna has three separate meanings that are often mixed up by Muslims when the term arises…
Sh. Nuh Keller
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On Praising the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace)
1. He that hunts religion for sensual strength shall be Aqta‘, the Actaeon deceived by Diyana’s crescent crown.
2. In the Time of Turbulence, God gives you all you need behind your private door: perfume, prayer, woman.
3. Feel sorry for the moderns, for they never know desire.
4. Never, never, never, grow old in vain.
5. Respect the young, for they are likely to be closer to the fitra than you.
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