This is imposition of the Hindu faith under the guise of Indian nationalism and civilisation, which has always been diverse and pluralistic in nature.
16% of India is Muslim and they have their own philosophical heritage. Why not teach Hujjat Allah al-Balighah of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi?
🚨A Modern Epigraphic Discovery unveils an Inscription where Zayd Bin Hassan (The Grandson of the Prophet) Writes the following:
"I, Zaid bin Al-Hasan, believe in God alone with no partner, and I bear witness that there is no god but God alone, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. Upon this I live as long as I live, and upon it I die when I die. And I ask God to bring me close to Muhammad in the Hereafter as He brought me close to him in this world, and to make me one of his beloved ones, his chosen ones, and his elite. O God, bless us in this abode of ours and ward off from us its evil and the evil of every evildoer."
🧵 Eid-ul-Azha across India: A glimpse into how Indian Muslims celebrated the festival.
1) Thousands of Muslims gathering to offer prayers at Taj Mahal mosque, Uttar Pradesh state.
India is secular because the vast majority of Hindus - literate, middle and affluent class, women, and lower castes do not have the stomach to follow Hindu theology.. henceforth, they use the secular garb and run a Hindu majoritarian administration.
K.K. Muhammad wasn't wrong.
How veiled women proved to be too powerful and a constant anxiety for modern western thought leading to their dehumanization [THREAD🧵]
“..it is the nature of the veil as a gaze inhibitor that most contributes to it coming under attack. Though the dynamics at play started…+
Islam as a political force DID NOT arrive in mainland India with Sultan Muhammad Ghori, contrary to popular belief.
The Mahaniya kingdom, the first Indian Muslim realm, was established in Thane (📍Maharashtra) as a vassal of the Rashtrakuta Empire, more than 330 yrs before Muhammad Ghori was even born.
"It is clear by now that the caliphate is not a dispensable institution; an institution it is.
In strict constitutional terms, it is integral to the very order of things that made Islam what it is. In other words, the caliphate defines the Islamic concept of politics, political management and organization.
It defines them, that is, in qualitative terms, making them the unique reflection of the Islamic political experience. It is nothing less than the backbone on which stands the Islamic body politic, the necessary organizational structure that permits an optimal operation of the Sharīʿa, itself the ultimate desideratum of Muslim life."
-Wael Hallaq
(“Radical Separation of Powers”, page 161)
The introduction alone to Islam and the Destiny of Man by Gai Eaton, besides being so wonderfully refreshing, is enough to show you how utterly retarded most right wing "dissent" in public thought/media today are.
As a Muslim we’ve got to be tough enough to stick to our values regardless of societal, familial and peer pressure
Because society, peers and sometimes family WILL pressure you to sacrifice your Islam for the sake of conformity
Say no to the handshake with your opposite sex colleague
Say no to the alcohol and the drugs
Say no to skipping your prayers so you can watch the football
Say no to the music
Say no to the clubbing and dating scene
Say no to shaving your beard
Say no to celebrating pagan festivals
“But that level of strictness is extreme”
If following the basics of our faith makes us extreme, then So be it
Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
"If a person is tested with love, but remains chaste and patient, then he is rewarded for his taqwa (fear of Allah)."
(Majmoo' al-Fatawa 10/133)