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[Lamppost Education Initiative @thelight99]

"The book repudiates the common allegation of Islam possessing an inherently male bias to the detriment of women as a false stereotype promulgated by the enemies of Islam whose goal is to alienate Muslim women and others..." — Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali https://t.co/igCOoD4oJs

[Ismail Royer @IsmailRoyer]

Read the whole brief here: https://t.co/o75tSNSnoX

[Ismail Royer @IsmailRoyer]

Last week I filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court in support of 8 firefighters who were put on indefinite unpaid leave after they requested a religious exemption to their department's COVID vaccination requirement. The case is Petersen v Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue

[Lamppost Education Initiative @thelight99]

Risālah of Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī: Lesson 4 (Purification Lesson 1) https://t.co/VpdACXxJN6

[Muhammad al-Ninowy @ShaykhNinowy]

Eid Mubarak to all

"Sacrifice" is a thing of the past. Nobody wants to sacrifice anymore, or so I've been told!!

We're tired. Burdened. Broke. Burned out.

So here's the truth:
Eid isn't asking for your everything.
It's asking for your something.

Ibrahim (alayhi assalam) wasn't tested by losing what he had, but by holding on to what he loved most, and giving it back to God anyway.

But you are not Ibrahim (as). So your test is not his.

You don't have to give up your career, your wealth, or your health, let alone your dreams or your sanity.
But maybe, just for today, give up:

the grudge you've been nursing

the five minutes of scrolling to make du'a instead

the AI worldview to a more family, friends, and human closeness

the pride that keeps you from reaching out

Small sacrifice. Big surrender.

Don't forget to pray for peace and non-violence for all. Our world desperately needs peace, mercy, and love. Pray for it.

Eid Mubarak. Start where you are.

[Naoki Yamamoto @NaokiQYamamoto]

Eid Mubarak
Calligrapher: Naoki Yamamoto

[Ghareeb Faqir 🇵🇸 @ghareebfaqir]

The Day of Arafah is tomorrow

Shaykh Al-Bouti breaks down in tears while calling out to those who feel distant, lost, or astray. If you have been waiting for a sign to change your life and return to your Creator, this is it.

[Dr. Abdullah Ali @BinhamidAli]

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Story #natural #meditation #embraceany #nba #500subs ... https://t.co/v0nfraShtK via @YouTube

[Ghareeb Faqir 🇵🇸 @ghareebfaqir]

“I am Kurdish by birth... so why do I speak Arabic?”

Shaykh Al-Bouti poses a question that shatters a massive misconception. Many people view the Arabic language solely through the lens of identity, culture, or nationality. But true Arabic—the language of the Quran—

[Lamppost Education Initiative @thelight99]

Risālah of Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī: Lesson 3 (Creed, Part 3) https://t.co/T2E2uJy7Mx

[Dr. Abdullah Ali @BinhamidAli]

Amin. May Allah unite him with the Beloved صلى الله عليه وسلم.

[Akbar Zab @ZabAkbar]

The problem with muslims that only focus on the negative.

[Lamppost Education Initiative @thelight99]

Risālah of Ibn Abī Zayd Al-Qayrawānī: Lesson 2 (Creed: Part 2) https://t.co/wmfVf6nKBV

[Lamppost Education Initiative @thelight99]

The Risālah of Ibn Abī Zayd: Lesson 1 on Creed (Part 1) https://t.co/ppEQXXkIa6

[Dr. Abdullah Ali @BinhamidAli]

متن ابن عاشر https://t.co/gn2fzHsyH2 via @YouTube

[Lamppost Education Initiative @thelight99]

Join us LIVE for a new FREE course on *The Risālah* of Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī — one of the foundational texts of Mālikī jurisprudence and Sunni creed — with explanation by Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali.

🗓 Saturday, May 9th
⏰ 12:00 PM PST | 2:00 PM CST | 3:00 PM EST

Streaming LIVE on:
📘 YouTube: https://t.co/holQN7MsPl
For more details-go to https://t.co/lck7OhnETC

[Dr. Abdullah Ali @BinhamidAli]

For those interested, I plan to start a live reading and commentary on the Risalah of Ibn Abi Zayd Al-Qayrawani from start to finish. The first lesson will likely be this weekend. More details forthcoming, God willing.

[Naoki Yamamoto @NaokiQYamamoto]

"As Dr. Wael Hallaq argues, much of modern Muslim intellectual life has been shaped by a naïve mimicry of Western categories, adopting conceptual frameworks alien to the metaphysical and moral grammar of Islam. The problem, he suggests, is not contact with the West but epistemic and intellectual dependency, i.e. the uncritical assumption that our own tradition must justify itself in foreign terms.

I believe its remedy is twofold: internal repair, a disciplined return to our theological and ethical sources; and lateral expansion, the cultivation of dialogues beyond the West, engaging civilizational grammars that might enrich and test our own. Among such interlocutors, the Sino-Islamic tradition holds particular promise. It stands as a historical example of Muslims who achieved both independence and openness-translating Islam into a wholly different conceptual universe without forfeiting its truth."

Naoki Yamamoto. Vernacular Voices, Universal Wisdom: Liu Zhi and the Making of a Sino-Islamic Tradition.
https://t.co/HWDQEnVbVa

[Dr. Abdullah Ali @BinhamidAli]

Ali Former Wife Reveals Why Ali Left Nation Of Islam & Telling Ali He’d ... https://t.co/R0c6IbMVUh via @YouTube

[Dr. Abdullah Ali @BinhamidAli]

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