Is Ka’aba an idol? Do Muslims worship it? Significance & History of Ka’aba   Is Kaaba an idol? Do Muslims worship Kaaba or the ‘black stone’? If not then, why do they pray or prostrate in the direction of Ka’aba in...
THE SOILED IMAGE OF 'ALFAS' By Sanni K. Yusuf I once had something to do with one of the bigwigs in southwestern Nigeria. To perfect what bonded us, we needed to have a face-to-face encounter, which made him give me an invite...

Misgoded reading continued

Click here for previous session Just as Arab Christians identify God as “Allah,” and just as the Bible employs ther royalplural both in pronouns and in the proper name Elohim, Western Christians can  adopt the same practice without compromising their creed. But faith need not depend on such issues, when there remains a more relevant point to ponder: Regardless of His name, how does God command mankind to understand Him? Understanding of God Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness. —Cullen Hightower   The Jewish understanding of God is relatively concrete, despite the vast differences between Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Hasidic Judaism in other matters. Throughout Judaism, the One­ness of God...

Islam and Racism (Part 3)

This universal brotherhood preached by Islam was championed by the Prophet’s Companions after him.  When the Companion, Ubada ibn as-Samit, led a delegation to Muqawqis, the Christian patriarch of Alexandria, the latter exclaimed: ‘Get this black man away from...

Islam and Racism (Part 2)

This is a continuation of the first part of the article. Here is the link to part 1 Previous: https://knowislam.com.ng/islam-and-racism-part-1/ The first part centers on showing clear and logical examples of how ISLAM SAYS NO TO RACISM. However, I would continue with...

Islam and Racism (Part 1)

By Animashaun Afeez Funsho   In the Name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful. Assalam alaekum everyone. I would start by apologizing on my unavailability for the past few weeks. It however, was not intentional as I had a whole lot of personal...

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Click here for previous session   UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACHING GOD We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain that restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance. —Joseph de Maistre, Considerations on France   While monotheistic faiths share a fundamental belief in one God, their understanding of His attributes differs greatly. Many of these differences, like individual strands of a spider web, may appear separate and divergent when viewed too closely.   However, these...
Part of an email advising somebody who was being run down by evangelical Christians attacking Islam: These people actively look for people who are all jittery when it comes to their emotional polemics against the Faith. They can sense who...

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Click here for previous session   As for those born Muslim and raised in ignorance of their own religion, their conversion to other religions cannot fairly be viewed as turning away from Islam—since the individuals never truly embraced Islam in the first place. And, of course, not every person born into a religion is an example of piety, even if knowledgeable of their religion.   Then there are those weak of faith, who find religious conviction pushed aside by worldly priorities or the allure of more permissive faiths. But the sum total...
Love anchored me. Sincerity guided me. I was born with an unshakable inquisitiveness that caused me to question everything, but there was one thing I never questioned, and that was the existence and power of God. My mother sometimes reminds...

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