https://open.spotify.com/episode/4d5aqHN79Woh8ziBz8IP4X?si=49d3e50b379548bd Introduction Democracy is defined as the freedom possessed by a people which bestows upon them the right of self-legislation according to what they deem fit. In other words, it is the "rule of the people, by the people, for the people." The ability to determine how to rule and what laws to enact translates … Continue reading The United States – A Case Study of the Non-Existent Democracy
The Thought and its Effect in Life
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xldOjukXtQA0bhM7mPqvT?si=wblGGezUQBu-SpvT1qWwPA Video version The definition of the thought: The thought is the judgement of reality from a specific viewpoint, as opposed to philosophy, which is the judgement of what has no reality. The definition and the basics of the Islamic thought: It is the judgement of reality from an Islamic viewpoint, i.e. the viewpoint of … Continue reading The Thought and its Effect in Life
Thinking for Change: Its Reality and Basis
CHANGE Change is motion (حركة) and motion is life (حياة). Stagnation (جمود) is death. In fact, life is nothing but a manifestation of growth (نمو) and motion. Indeed, change is evolution, in that, it aims at the transference of a matter from one situation to another situation. Life, in all its manifestations, is in continuous … Continue reading Thinking for Change: Its Reality and Basis
Islam, Scientific Ideology and Evolution
Islam, “Scientific Ideology,” and Evolution Introduction In the society today evolution has become a fact that is worshipped at all levels. Since Darwin proposed his theory, the concept of evolution has become so institutionalized that it is regarded as an indisputable fact that is above questioning, doubt, or criticism. Those who even suggest an alternative … Continue reading Islam, Scientific Ideology and Evolution
Secularism – The Role of Church in Medieval Europe
Ever since the decline of the Roman Empire in 3 CE, the Church began gaining more power. The first Christian Roman Emperor (Constantine) combined government of the state with the Church's affairs. This led to Christianity being implemented as mandatory rule in certain aspects of life (i.e. the rituals involving state delegations, private and public … Continue reading Secularism – The Role of Church in Medieval Europe
The West’s Scientific Obsession
Science, since the industrial revolution era, has risen to such a stature that today it is the deen of many in the Western world. For many, questions such as creation, God and life can only be accurately studied, concluded and deduced through the scientific method of experimentation and deduction. Western thinkers today use science to … Continue reading The West’s Scientific Obsession
It is not allowed that the Ahkam (rules) change as the time and place change
This is from the book “Islamic Thought” It dominates over the minds of the majority of Muslims nowadays a belief that Islam is flexible; and it adapts with the social, economical and political situations in every time and every place; and that it changes to comply with, in terms of its ahkam (rules), the needs … Continue reading It is not allowed that the Ahkam (rules) change as the time and place change
How Muslims Study Islam Today
Studying Islam in this erroneous method will produce neither a thinker based on Islam nor a mujtahid, but will produce human textbooks whom the extent of their contributions will be limited to copying the works of others and writing some commentaries on them.
Socialism and Communism
There is no doubt that the materialistic philosophy, as well as the dialectical method, are not the creation and innovation of the Marxist school. The materialistic tendency existed in philosophical circles thousands of years ago, revealed at times, while concealed ac other times behind sophistry and absolute denial.
Capitalistic Democracy
Let us begin with the capitalistic democratic system. Thin system puts an end to a kind of injustice in economic life, to dictatorial rule in political life, and to the stagnation of the church and its ideational life. Capitalistic democracy tightened the reins of power and influence for a new group of rulers that replaced earlier ones, and adopted the same social role played by their predecessors, but used a new style.