The US Sends Muslim Activist to Country that Tortured Him
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The case of Jamshid Muhtorov is strange and upsetting to all believers. Muhtorov was born in 1976 in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan, then under Communist Soviet rule. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a surgeon. Uzbekistan was once part of the greater Islamic empire of Turkestan. Many great Muslim scholars, thinkers, and […]
An Introduction to Islamic Medicine: Hikmah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hikmah is a term for treating the body utilizing the prescriptions of the Qur’an and Sunnah. Historically, several conceptualizations of medicine and medical models emerged. The Chinese developed an advanced form of medical practice, as did the Greeks, and the Persio-Indians. Chinese, Greek, and Persio-Indian medicine often overlapped. By the time of […]
A Step-By-Step Guide to Avoid Accountability for War Crimes: Afghanistan Edition
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Collateral damage is an expected part of warfare. However, there is a difference between unintentionally taking non-combatant lives and targeting them to achieve a particular military effect. The US not only has a tendency to target non-combatants, doing so is a part of its official policy and greater military strategy. Murtaza […]
The French-Algerian War Sixty Years On: A Legacy of Terror
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم It has been sixty years since the start of the French-Algerian war. France remains one of the most anti-Islamic nations in the world. It is also the birthplace of the Enlightenment and Western secularism. In many ways, French identity and its conceptualization of secularism are necessarily framed as opposing Islam. Alice […]
US Evacuates Elite Killing Squad that Murdered Countless Muslims
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم America’s longest war is over. After almost twenty years, the invasion of Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom resulted in a Taliban victory. However, the war could not have continued for so long and been so protracted without help from Afghans. Andrew Quilty and Matthew Cole write about an elite American-trained squad […]
Social Media Surveillance and Targeting Muslims: ShadowDragon
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم There is no upper limit of precaution that a Muslim can take with regards to technological surveillance in the modern age. This is despite the fact that nearly all companies have information technology departments and privacy policies today. Micheal Kwet writes regarding a new surveillance software the the US government is […]
Israel Bans “Terrorist” Human Rights NGOs
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In late October, Israel banned Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights monitoring group. The founder, Raha Shehadeh, told the New York Review of Books: In 1978 I returned to Ramallah from my legal studies in London brimming with ideas about the importance of the rule of law and the possibilities for resisting the Israeli […]
Muslims Sue FBI Over Discriminatory Spying – Reaches Supreme Court
Will the courts provide justice? بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imam Yassir Fazaga, Ali Uddin Malik, and Yasser Abdel Rahim sued the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2011 after realizing that a new convert to Islam, Craig Monteilh, was actually an FBI plant. After the agent stated he wanted to engage in violence, he was reported […]
Are Cryptocurrencies Halal?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Table of Contents 1. What is the Shari’a?2. What is Fiqh?3. What is Fatwa?4. What is Economics?5. What Kind of Financial Instruments or Transactions Are Prohibited?6. What is Currency?7. What is the Blockchain?8. What is Cryptocurrency?9. Is Bitcoin Halal?10. Conclusion11. Notes Introduction The question of cryptocurrencies and their relationship with Islam has been hotly debated for nearly the last ten years. A […]