First Khutbah – Main Points
What do we want from Islam? We seldom ask this question. What does Allah want us to get from Islam? And in the negotiation of these two questions, how do we go about making this a reality?
Piety, to a large extent, has been replaced by such plastic words as “tradition”. This [...]
» February 26, 2010
Getting What God Wants Us To Get From Islam: Creating Safe Spaces
Filed under: Khutbah, Tasawwuf, Tradition Tags: Abu Bakr, affectation, biography of the Prophet, certainty, certitude, Companions, doubt, faith, false piety, ijma', iman, infallible, ma'sum, ma'suwm, Olympics, piety, piety wars, salvation, spiritual training, spirituality, taqwa, traditional Islam, traditional Muslims, uncertainty, yaqin, zakah, ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab
» October 9, 2009
The Islamic Literacy Series - Fall 2009
Filed under: Tradition
The Islamic Literacy Series is a new program at the University of Pennsylvania aimed at increasing the level of understanding among Muslims about their own faith. Each week, a 50 minute class will be held on a different topic pertaining to Islam. A faculty of 5 instructors will introduce, explore and examine the richness and [...]
» June 5, 2009
Knowledge and Salvation in Islam
Filed under: Khutbah, Tradition Tags: experience, ilm, informatics, khabr, Khidr, khubr, knowledge, modern world, Moses, Musa
Modern man [both Muslim and non-Muslim alike] are bombarded with a number of information theories that pretend to be knowledge. But what is knowledge according to Islam? Is there a difference between information and knowledge? We examine this question in this khutbah.
