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Contentions 17

Contentions 17

Number 17 of Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad’s continuing Contentions series is out! Here’s a selection: 66.         The right objective of war is justice, not victory. 67.         You are either a worshipper or an idol. 68.         Without Sufism, Islam is not Islamic. 69.         Hospitality? You cannot serve both Abraham and Israel. 70.         The secret of marriage: as soon as you look at the clock, she gets angry. 71.         Under the Blue Baroness, the polytechnics did not become universities, the universities became…

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Contentions 12 by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad

Contentions 12 by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad

Contentions 12, the aphorisms of Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, are now available on masud.co.uk Here are some excerpts to whet your appetite: 32.?The medievals, seeing the colour of our clothes, would call us all atheists. 33.?The preacher should neither lower the price of his goods, nor price Islam out of the market. 34.?Kufr: impermanence is a problem. Iman: our anxiety about impermanence is a problem. 35.?Science is the revelation of order. Faith is the revelation of liberation. 36.?The false Salafi…

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