Diary-of-an-Imam™

Imam | dabbling in social commentary | editor of @IslamicFocus

[Dr. Yasir Qadhi @YasirQadhi]

There is literally nothing that ISr@ael can do that will tarnish its image amongst its supporters.
-Starving women and children and blocking aid.
-Bombing a defenseless population for over a year.
-Torturing innocent prisoners (including raping them with metal rods).
-Beheading babies (while they falsely accused Palestinians of it).
-Destroying hospitals.
-Lining up medics and slaughtering them.
And the list goes on and on...

There is no hope now to convince those who still support this - there is no humanity left in those who still justify.

Future generations will be shocked as to how this occurred in real-time - broadcast around the world - and no one (especially Muslim countries) did anything. All people of conscience, including myself, are ashamed and heart-broken and wonder what more can be done.

But our Lord is watching, and our Lord never allows injustice to go unanswered.

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

Israel executing paramedics in plain sight. Then burying the ambulances and lying about it as usual. Imagine if any other nation in the world did this. The condemnations would be swift and this itself would be disqualifying. Sickening.

May Allah have mercy on these men, and punish the criminals that did this to them.

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Kobe Masjid, Japan amid ruins of Allied air raids that destroyed Kobe's urban districts in 1945.

This picture is a grim reminder of who initiated a policy of mass murder of civilians to win wars.

Any wonder US government is backing the Israeli genocide of civilians in Gaza?

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

People in Gaza are dying in the darkness.

This unthinkable horror cannot be undone — and history will not forgive those who refused to treat Israeli and Palestinian lives with equal worth.

Please, we need a ceasefire, now.

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

Is this what you meant when you said “give ‘em hell” @jordanbpeterson ?

Is this what you meant when you said “finish them” @NikkiHaley ?

Is this the what you mean by Israel “defending itself” @POTUS ?

Was this the footage you all in the media have been waiting for?

This is on all of you.

#GazaGenocide #GazaHospital

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Abo Rafie (grave pic) with his brother Abo Salie established the Muslim community in Port Elizabeth.

Abo Rafie served as Imam of Masjid Akbar. He died in 1860.

Abo Salie served as Imam in Strand St Masjid. He died in Makkah and his wife in Madinah while on Hajj in 1859.

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Imam Jabaarudin

A Muslim pioneer in Uitenhage. Born at Cape Town in 1784 and came to Uitenhage in 1815.

He acquired several properties and built Masjid Qudama in Uitenhage, the 4th in South Africa. Imam Jabaarudin passed away in Uitenhage in 1868 and is buried there.

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Auwal Masjid, first in SA

Imam Abdullah ibn Abdus Salaam of Indonesia was jailed on Robben Island in 1780 by the Dutch.

On release in 1793 he set up the first Madressa and in 1794 the first Masjid.

In 1809 Saartjie van die Kaap, a Muslim woman, made the land over to the Masjid

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Grave of Sheikh Muhammad Salih Abadi (1910-1999), Constantia

He memorized the Quran by 15 and in 1927 went to Makkah to study for 12 years.

In South Africa he produced many Huffaz who in turn produced others. He is known as the father of Hifz in South Africa.

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Masjid Mahmoed, Constantia

Est 1913 on a farm to serve Muslims traveling the sand road from Wynberg.

Wudhu was from a stream built by slaves c.1790, one of the earliest examples of Cape irrigation.

It survived Apartheid's forced removals and serves Muslims who again live here

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Setting for earliest Quran classes and worship of Allah in South Africa (Dutch East India Company's forest, now Constantia, Cape Town). Sheikh Abdurahman Matebe Shah, of royal Indonesian lineage and Hafiz came as prisoner in 1668 and taught the Quran at this river and worshipped

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New Amsterdam and the island of Run

When actions have unforseen consequences far into the future, and how priorities change over time.

A fascinating history:
https://t.co/h5nn9lOxBa

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QIRAT NIGHT 9

● 24 Hifz students
● 12 Hifz Madressas
● 1 Glorious Quran

Join us at

★ Masjid Saaliheen, Salt Lake
★ Sat, 25 Feb 2023
★ After Maghrib

to listen to the Hifz students of Port Elizabeth recite the Noble #Quran

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An amazing weekend! The camaraderie and spirituality of an Ijtima is a reason why it has become an institution.

Lives have changed through these special gatherings.

The atmosphere it brought was awesome. Allah Ta'ala accept the efforts of all who worked to make it a success.

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Interesting money from a country locked away in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan- 90% Muslim.

Back features Tash Rabat, a well-preserved 15th-century caravanserai.

It is a relic of the fabulous Silk Road which shaped commerce, politics, culture and religion over 6400 kilometers.

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The Muslim poet Iqbal once visited #Sicily and wrote a poem calling Sicily the Beautiful Meadow of the Sea.

Picture: Zisa Castle in Palermo, Sicily, Italy built in the 12th century by Muslim craftsmen for the Norman kings in the Arab style.

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Ya Maula - Sicilian Fisherman's Song

Sicily had beautiful masjids, libraries full of books in Arabic and streets full of Muslim from 827 to 1061 under Muslim rule, a period of enlightenment, whose cultural, social and economic reforms had an influence still felt today.

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Fishermen in Sicily still sing a song with the words Ajamola Ajamola translating in Arabic as A Ya Maula meaning oh my Lord. This was a way to ask God’s help when catching fish during Mattanza, a traditional tuna fishing technique introduced by Muslims.