Muslim Thought

Here’s the most frequent question we’ve received in the past two months:

“Why’d you stop posting?”

Though we do apologize for abruptly pausing the posts without notice, rest assured we did not stop. Our “revival” (so to speak) will be for the long run with lots of great material in store for everyone, Insha’Allah!

Subscribes yourselves and stay tuned…

Eid Mubarak to all the Muslims across America and around the world!

“O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice…“ [Qur'an 4:135]

Though Muslims greet one another with peace, there is one word that captures the essence of all Islamic laws and all Islamic teachings - justice.

On Wednesday (Dec 12, 2007), Hassan Askari, a Muslim college student in New York City, put his beliefs into action in a New York City subway in defense of two young Jewish people who were attacked by a group of 10 people after wishing everyone on the train “Happy Chanukah”.

Watch the news report here:

Br. Abdur Rahman Muhammad has posted part 4 of his thought provoking series “Why Blackamerican Muslims Don’t Stand for Justice”

Please take a moment and read it here.

We wanted to express our deepest condolences and offer our du’a to Shaykh Abdalla Idris Ali and his family on the death of his mother. Inna lillahi wa inna illahi rajioon (To Allah we Belong and to Him we Return).

Please keep Shaykh Abdalla and his family in your du’a. We ask Allah to Shower His Mercy upon the Shaykh’s mother and Enter her into the highest levels of Paradise and to grant solace and patience to the Shaykh and his family in this time of hardship.

The email below was sent out over many lists by our Dear Brother Altaf Husain.

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Br. Abdur Rahman Muhammad has begun a thought provoking series titled “Why Blackamerican Muslims Don’t Stand for Justice”.

Please take a few minutes to read the first two parts.

Here are the links:

Part 1

Part 2

Welcome to Muslim Thought!

Those of you who have already read the About Us section of this site may already be familiar with what we’ll be writing about here.

Essentially we want to make our humble contribution to the indigenization of Islam in the West. We plan to do this by analyzing various trends, events, problems, and successes (and learn our lessons from the failures too) in the Muslim community and provide various perspectives about them.

The largest and most critical issue in the challenge of Muslims and Islam being widely accepted into American society is the lack of a unique Muslim American culture. Never before in the history of Islam has a Muslim population emigrated from lands that were predominately Muslim and settled into the Western world – permanently. This has posed unprecedented challenges and tough questions for scholar and layman alike.

Fiqh issues aside, the lack of such a culture is seriously hindering the progression of Islam in the West, particularly in North America. Combine that with the “back home” mentality that is unfortunately so prevalent nowadays in the Muslim community and you have a stalemate.

We hope to keep our audience keenly aware of how we can change that by not only writing about it but informing you of and encouraging you to partake in social causes, political issues, events, and other things of interest that will further refine this process of indigenization. Additionally, we’ll propose solutions to many of the challenges Muslims face in the West and even try to re-examine classical issues in a contemporary light. Of course, at the end of the day it’s up to us as individuals to decide how we can make a positive impact in our lives and that of those around us.

How do you plan on making that impact?