Adil Ahmad

No one special with nothing special to say

[Sarah Khan @sarah_khan_123]

@SalmaZahid15 Bill 21 violates our charter rights and freedoms and needs to be stopped. I don't need any government official dictating what I can and can't wear in the workplace. Any values that are somehow transgressed by a piece of cloth should be in question not a woman's wardrobe.

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@Hamzasharif5750 .

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@nadaa01012 🇨🇦

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@Hamzasharif5750 .

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@noor_supernova7 .

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@ScarpaleggiaLSL @MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"Debunked! Israel’s Top 10 Lies on Gaza"

Watch me bring receipts to debunk them all, from falsehoods about Hamas stealing aid to brazen lies about hostages, human shields, and more.

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[Hamza A. Tzortzis @HATzortzis]

Advice for Muslims in academia:

While this may not resonate with everyone, I felt a sincere need to express it.

It is the responsibility of Muslim scholars and academics to challenge the metaphysical and epistemological assumptions underpinning the modern academy. To treat the Islamic tradition and the academic space as completely distinct and non-overlapping domains is not only intellectually negligent but spiritually dangerous.

There are several reasons for this.

First, engaging the academy purely on its own terms, without interrogating its underlying philosophical foundations, often leads to the uncritical adoption of non-Islamic assumptions. Ignoring this puts us at risk of arriving at conclusions that are antithetical to Islamic thought.

Muslim academics must not simply participate in academic discourse. They must articulate a coherent, confident, and grounded intellectual framework rooted in Islamic metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. This is not only possible. It is necessary. Others have already shown the way. We must carry it forward.

To ignore this duty results in what can only be described as metaphysicide and epistemicide, the slow erosion of our worldview under the pressure of academic dominance. Let us be clear. The academy is not neutral. It is shaped by its own philosophical commitments, and if we fail to challenge these assumptions, we end up living a theo-philosophical double life. One narrative for the academic world and another for the Muslim public. This internal division is not only unsustainable. It is spiritually corrosive.

I say this with the benefit of both postgraduate and PhD experience. There is absolutely no reason to shy away from our intellectual tradition. The Islamic worldview is not only spiritually fulfilling. It is also rationally sound, philosophically rigorous, and intuitively clear. We do not need to live in contradiction. There is no need for a Jekyll and Hyde theology.

Second, there is a major pedagogical concern. We must be careful about how we publicly engage with complex philosophical issues. With respect, some recent discussions suggest a lack of adequate philosophical training. Engaging in these matters without the required depth will and should attract critique. Public engagement must be marked by clarity, seriousness, and responsibility.

Third, and this may sound blunt, the academy contains many intellectual posers. Some academics are filled with arrogance, trapped in incoherent ideas, and obsessed with overly narrow fields of study. This is especially evident in religion and theology departments.

The lesson here is simple. Do not overestimate the academy. Like any domain, it includes sincere thinkers and ideological activists. Our task is not to idolise it or fear it. Our task is to engage, contribute, and defend the truth.

Fourth, Muslims engaged in academia must deeply reflect on why they are there in the first place. This is not merely a question of career trajectory but one of psychological honesty and spiritual integrity. We must courageously interrogate our inner drivers:

Is it the pursuit of fame?
Status?
A hidden inferiority complex?
Residual post-colonial trauma?
Intellectual cowardice masked as humility?
The Dunning–Kruger effect in action?
Egocentrism disguised as service?
A thirst for recognition rather than contribution?

Whatever the motive may be, it must be confronted. And it must be realigned.

Our academic efforts must be Allah-centric and Akhira-focused. We must formulate a vision of academic scholarship that seeks the pleasure of Allah, and strategise to fulfil that vision within the ethical, spiritual, and epistemic boundaries of Islam. If this is absent, if Allah is not the ultimate goal, then, in the grand cosmic scale of eternity, all achievements become meaningless echoes in an ephemeral world.

There is much more to be said. But perhaps this is enough to start a serious conversation and face the academic elephant in the room.

[Mohamad Fakih, C.M. @mohamadfakih8]

Canada says it supports peace. But behind the scenes, it’s pressuring allies to block Palestinian statehood.

@MarkJCarney .@AnitaAnandMP .
This is on you.

There is no peace without justice.
And there is no justice without a free, independent Palestinian state.
Recognize Palestine. Now. #cdnpoli

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@MaajedAliKhan @IKON1436 Allah help us all... it's not easy when we feel the weight of providing for our families... Allah will help and he will never put a test on a person more than he can bear

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@MaajedAliKhan @IKON1436 There must be people like Yusuf (AS) who don't look at pros and cons, but look at the commandment of Allah. He will fulfill his promise that he will make a way out and give sustenance from where we cannot imagine.

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@MaajedAliKhan @IKON1436 there is https://t.co/2PQF0YbjcL and https://t.co/fQP6iU7Ig8 in Canada... they are more expensive for now, but hopefully when people see how SC models are more resilient than interest based variants, my hope is that the SC ones might even end up being cheaper

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@MaajedAliKhan @IKON1436 Create coops, work together as an ummah to make shariah compliant solutions are some have done and more will keep doing.

We have to get out of this me and my family mindset and move to a ummah first mindset. We are stronger when we work together

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@MarkJCarney

Please take heed of what @mohamadfakih8 is saying. You are sounding foolish to the next level with this type of rhetoric.

@ScarpaleggiaLSL convey our sentiments to the people who are supposed to represent us

[Mohamad Fakih, C.M. @mohamadfakih8]

“Zionist Palestinian state” is not a thing.

It’s never been used in diplomacy, peace talks, or any real two-state negotiations.

It’s certainly not part of Canada’s foreign policy. 1/7 🧵

@MarkJCarney

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

While the world watches Israel's war with Iran, Netanyahu's extremist government continues to starve and massacre Palestinians in Gaza.

Today, Israeli forces again opened fire on people desperately trying to collect food aid, killing dozens. Over 56,000 have been killed so far.

[Fan Ms Rachel At Songs @msrachelforlitt]

#FreePalestine

Just because the media is silent doesn’t mean this isn’t happening.

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@MarkJCarney @ScarpaleggiaLSL

@msrachelforlitt puts it wonderfully. Do not remain silent please

[Fan Ms Rachel At Songs @msrachelforlitt]

Dear leaders, #BeSoAshamed of your silence, #BeSoAshamed that you have seen the images and videos that we have all seen, but YOU still choose to be silent.

#FreePalestine

[Adil Ahmad @AdilDSX]

@MarkJCarney @ScarpaleggiaLSL

This is something that the Canadian government should consider in their revised statement… The initial statement really missed the mark

[Sharon Nadeem @SharonNadeem]

Not a single one mentions that Iran currently does not have a nuclear weapon and that it was attacked by Israel during disarmament negotiations with the US. Or that that IAEA chief himself has repeatedly said “that nuclear facilities should never be attacked.”