MasudBlog https://masudblog.com Thoughts, opinions, musings and rants of Mas'ud Ahmed Khan Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:27:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Cultural Islam? https://masudblog.com/cultural-islam/ https://masudblog.com/cultural-islam/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:24:45 +0000 http://masudblog.com/?p=1988 Culture is an excellent dawah tool. In many ways, this is probably one of the key ways in which we need to present Islam in this day and age. Having said that, the danger is that you then reduce Islam – a religion of codified law, tenets, values and rituals – to nothing more than an aesthetic expression devoid of a soul.  When Islam is reduced to a cultural express, divested of all these things, it is not Islam anymore....

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The post Cultural Islam? first appeared on MasudBlog.]]> https://masudblog.com/cultural-islam/feed/ 0 1988 Book: A Life’s Journey – Ahmed Paul Keeler https://masudblog.com/book-a-lifes-journey-ahmed-paul-keeler/ https://masudblog.com/book-a-lifes-journey-ahmed-paul-keeler/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:09:32 +0000 http://masudblog.com/?p=2062 Just got sidi Ahmed Keeler’s new book today. This will be a fascinating read. I loved Rethinking Islam & The West and this book is a biographical account of what is behind the ideas in that book. Sidi Ahmed is a really beautiful soul, someone who has a really generous spirit, a very engaging speaker and storyteller, you can sit and listen to him for hours. His writing style is the same, very lucid and engaging. IN THIS BOOK, Ahmed...

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The post Book: A Life’s Journey – Ahmed Paul Keeler first appeared on MasudBlog.]]> https://masudblog.com/book-a-lifes-journey-ahmed-paul-keeler/feed/ 0 2062 Ihya Ulum ad-Din (abridged) https://masudblog.com/ihya-ulum-ad-din-abridged/ https://masudblog.com/ihya-ulum-ad-din-abridged/#respond Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:44:33 +0000 http://masudblog.com/?p=2001 Here are some quick photos I took of the book, The Revival of the Religious Sciences of Ghazali, translated and abridged by Mokrane Guezzou. This is with the dust jacket off to give you an idea of the quality of the hard cover cover … Available from Amazon UK:https://amzn.to/2DGecct

The post Ihya Ulum ad-Din (abridged) first appeared on MasudBlog.]]> https://masudblog.com/ihya-ulum-ad-din-abridged/feed/ 0 2001 New Book: Revival of the Religious Science https://masudblog.com/new-book-revival-of-the-religious-science/ https://masudblog.com/new-book-revival-of-the-religious-science/#respond Thu, 03 Jan 2019 12:07:05 +0000 http://masudblog.com/?p=1993 an Abridgement by Salih Ahmad al-Shami translated by Mokrane Guezzou An abridgement of Al-Ghazali’s Revival of the Religious Sciences translated by Mokrane Guezzou Hardback in a beautifully crafted cloth edition, featuring gold and black blocking, debossed with a traditional Seljuq motif, preserves the Revival as a timeless companion to be cherished for generations to come. Available now from Serenity Productions £40Also available on Amazon UK £45

The post New Book: Revival of the Religious Science first appeared on MasudBlog.]]> https://masudblog.com/new-book-revival-of-the-religious-science/feed/ 0 1993 Grooming and the Nighttime Economy https://masudblog.com/grooming-and-the-nighttime-economy/ https://masudblog.com/grooming-and-the-nighttime-economy/#respond Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:08:43 +0000 http://masudblog.com/?p=1977 It is true, and an undeniable fact, that men of a Pakistani background are disproportionately (as a percentage of their demographic) involved in grooming cases, even though the vast majority of sexual abuse, predation, sexual exploitation, paedophillia, rape and sexual crimes are committed and perpetrated mainly by a white male population. The question then turns to why this is the case? The lazy assumption is that there must be something in their culture or religion that makes them behave this...

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The post Grooming and the Nighttime Economy first appeared on MasudBlog.]]> https://masudblog.com/grooming-and-the-nighttime-economy/feed/ 0 1977 Working out the Direction of Prayer https://masudblog.com/working-out-the-direction-of-prayer/ https://masudblog.com/working-out-the-direction-of-prayer/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:44:47 +0000 http://masudblog.com/?p=1956 Recently, I attended a wedding in Birmingham at Nawab’s and there was much confusion over the direction of Qibla. I saw various people praying in three different directions!. The problem arises by using your smartphone compass indoors. You will not get an accurate reading. In fact, you will get multiple different directions depending on where you stand in the building, the construction materials used and whether you get a GPS signal as well. Inside of a building you will get...

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The post Working out the Direction of Prayer first appeared on MasudBlog.]]> https://masudblog.com/working-out-the-direction-of-prayer/feed/ 1 1956 Conspiracy or Interpretation? https://masudblog.com/conspiracy-or-interpretation/ https://masudblog.com/conspiracy-or-interpretation/#respond Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:08:45 +0000 http://masudblog.com/?p=1951 How is it that a lie has been perpetuated in our religion which has been supported by generation after generation of ulama, experts and lay people, both male and female, with them either being complicit or unaware of it and then someone in the 21st century has suddenly discovered it to be a lie and declares it as such without any evidence or rationale? How is it that the alleged lie, has a scriptural basis in the Qur’an and a...

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The post Conspiracy or Interpretation? first appeared on MasudBlog.]]> https://masudblog.com/conspiracy-or-interpretation/feed/ 0 1951 Portrait: Shaykh Mahy Cisse https://masudblog.com/portrait-shaykh-mahy-cisse/ https://masudblog.com/portrait-shaykh-mahy-cisse/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:22:52 +0000 http://masudblog.com/?p=1945 My equipmentCamera: Nikon d750Lens: Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 Taken in natural light. ©Masud Khan Photographyhttp://masudkhanphotography.com

The post Portrait: Shaykh Mahy Cisse first appeared on MasudBlog.]]> https://masudblog.com/portrait-shaykh-mahy-cisse/feed/ 1 1945 Qur’anic vocabulary and terminology was preserved for good reason. https://masudblog.com/quranic-vocabulary-and-terminology-was-preserved-for-good-reason/ https://masudblog.com/quranic-vocabulary-and-terminology-was-preserved-for-good-reason/#respond Mon, 13 Aug 2018 13:46:16 +0000 http://masudblog.com/?p=1940 Revisiting Qur’anic terminology and bending it beyond what is the known, established and intended meanings leaves the religion open to abuse and subversion. That’s why we get extremists like alQaida, ISIS and others and that’s why we get “insights” like “let’s have Jummah [Friday congregational prayers] on Saturday because the word ‘jummah’ just means ‘congregation’ and you can congregate for Friday prayers on Saturday” (I’m not joking) ! Extreme religiosity and extreme liberalism are two sides of the same coin,...

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The post Qur’anic vocabulary and terminology was preserved for good reason. first appeared on MasudBlog.]]> https://masudblog.com/quranic-vocabulary-and-terminology-was-preserved-for-good-reason/feed/ 0 1940 Pious parents doesn’t always mean pious children https://masudblog.com/pious-parents-doesnt-always-mean-pious-children/ https://masudblog.com/pious-parents-doesnt-always-mean-pious-children/#respond Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:20:08 +0000 http://masudblog.com/?p=1931 People often get berated for being bad parents because their children are wayward. In a lot of cases it can be down to parenting and the parents spoiling their children, for sure, however, I know of many pious parents, who have raised their children well and have not spoiled them in the slightest, but for one reason or another a child of theirs has strayed. It matters not how good a parent you may be, sometimes your child’s circumstances and...

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