By MuslimMatters on Opinion from muslimmatters.org
I’ve recently joined a new scheme that has been launched in the UK by Al Kauthar Institute to emphasise the importance of salah. This proposal has been designed by an affiliate charity of Al Kauthar, Mercy Mission, in order to invite the Muslims who have lost the desire to pray to restore themselves in this great act of worship. 
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After I had finished reading, while I was driving home, my heart was suddenly filled with regret. "You missed a spot!" I told myself, two good Dawah opportunities presented themselves to me but I did not take advantage of them because I was too busy with my book!
By MuslimMatters on Opinion from muslimmatters.org
It is well known that the War on Terror waged by the United States and its allies led to aggression and injustice against countries, organizations, groups and individuals. Perhaps the worst example of this brutality against individuals was that meted out to our Muslim sister in Islam, Aafia Siddiqui and her three small children. 
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The American Muslim community has provided woeful substance to our young brothers and sisters; substance to feel that they are and can be legitimately Muslim here in America. That we have the infrastructure to provide to them the sacred knowledge they wish to learn. The results from this quietude on the part of the Muslim community in America for the past ten to twenty years, as my wife has put it, has been the development of a linguistic and cultural inferiority complex. 
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In times of crisis, some people may resign to defeat. The beautiful Hadith of the Palm Shoot paints this very problem in a very dramatic way. It then inspires us to fight back, to work against all odds, and to contribute to the benefit of humanity. It's a short hadith but it's an ultimate inspiration to stay positive and to contribute in the darkest of times. 
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Four months have passed since the death of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah. But among his community, his legacy lives on. The soup kitchen he initiated continues to serve the homeless and hungry by the dozens on a weekly basis. Among his followers, there is an odd sense of acceptance. 
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Some quick brotherly advice from a guest writer. 
By MuslimMatters on Islam and Religion from muslimmatters.org
