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		<title>The Make Believe World of Political Islam</title>
		<link>http://abulaith.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/the-magical-world-of-political-islam-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political Islam is so convincing that even American Muslims who were born in the west, and think with critical discernment as westerners often do, criticizing being western as anti Islamic.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abulaith.wordpress.com&blog=2749940&post=67&subd=abulaith&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Enslavement of the Black American Muslim</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Enslaement of the Black American Muslim
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		<title>Islamophobia; The Phobia Bogeyman</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the way, is there an anti Islam/ anti Muslim hate speech manual? If it is, can somebody e-mail me one so I can catch up on the jargon of this jihad?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abulaith.wordpress.com&blog=2749940&post=43&subd=abulaith&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islamophobia; Is That Our Only Answer to Criticism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Placing responsibility for Islam’s image on other than ourselves is a flawed and unstable paradigm that siphons away valuable time, energy, and spiritual as well as temporal benefit. It distracts us away from individual and collective responsibility and sets in motion as’baab (causative factors) that could deprive us at this critical juncture in our history, of what we need most; divine intervention and support. This can only come from Allah. “Allah is the Friend of those who believe; He takes them out of the darkness’s into the (one) light”. 2:257."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abulaith.wordpress.com&blog=2749940&post=33&subd=abulaith&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CAN MUSLIMS IN AMERICA PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC RALLIES</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 05:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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By Imam Al-Hajj Talib &#8216;Abdur-Rashid
            The above question has been posed to me by a young Muslim seeking guidance regarding Islamically legitimate means for resisting evils and injustices. He showed me a question posed by a Muslim to two scholars from amongst those of our faith, which read &#8220;Are demonstrations considered to be a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abulaith.wordpress.com&blog=2749940&post=32&subd=abulaith&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim man, puts on Niqaab, Then Commits Robbery and Murder in Philadelphia. Are we paying attention?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The murder of a Philadelphia police officer by what appears to be Muslims, while dressed in Muslim woman’s clothing, has tragedy all over it. I’m afraid that Muslim women will be subject to more scrutiny from the public, particularly those who wear niqab. It’s easier for brothers to ‘blend in’ but our sisters by their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abulaith.wordpress.com&blog=2749940&post=31&subd=abulaith&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Muslims Openly Address Racism in Muslim America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sectarianism affects us all and the objective of this discussion is not to assign blame, but instead to raise awareness in the American Muslim community. Sectarianism among Muslims does exist and the problem will not solve itself, it is a collective effort.” – Imam Luqman Ahmad<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abulaith.wordpress.com&blog=2749940&post=25&subd=abulaith&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>African American Muslim Emancipation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad</dc:creator>
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African American Muslim Emancipation

It’s not permissible in Islam for any Muslim to surrender his or her ability to reason and to critically examine information. “Have they never learned to think for them­selves? Allah has not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them without [an inner] truth and a term set [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abulaith.wordpress.com&blog=2749940&post=19&subd=abulaith&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Islamic Ruling Regarding Baby Showers in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States, like other countries is a culturally dynamic environment.  Understanding how to apply Islamic law and maintain the required limits of Islamic protocol (adab) require a thorough understanding of the shariah and the culture, as well as the inclusion and consultation of indigenous American Muslim intelligentsia when rendering legal edicts. Ibn Qayyim [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abulaith.wordpress.com&blog=2749940&post=11&subd=abulaith&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recording History for American Muslim Generations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Tabaqaat al-Amrikiyyeen


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طبقات الامريكين
By Imam Luqman Ahmad
 
Biographical stationing is an important part of Muslim historiography.  Referencing in Islam is frequently based upon ranking and association; whether it is predicated upon precedence, or upon levels of religious knowledge, or length of service to Islam and the Muslims, each group or person is accorded a status [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abulaith.wordpress.com&blog=2749940&post=10&subd=abulaith&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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