As we enter the blessed month of Dhul-Hijjah we are reminded of the sacrifices of Khalilullah, Ibrahim (as) as he left his baby son and wife in the barren desert between Safa and Marwa.  We remember that years later he and his son Ismail (as) built the Kaa’ba. We recall how Ibrahim (as) stoned the Shaitan and in obedience to Allah (swt) was prepared to sacrifice his son without hesitation.

 Islam not only established the Obligation (فرض) of Jihad, it built the desire for Jihad so strongly that it distinguished the Ummah from all other nations for thirteen centuries. It enabled the Ummah to bear huge losses willingly, in order to vanquish the enemies of Islam and Muslims.

Ulemas (people of knowledge) are the heirs of Prophets (as), a title which is not given simply by the endorsements of any university or madrasah, nor just by the knowledge itself which they acquired. Rather the title is given as a great responsibility due to their burden of conveying the messengership (تبليغ الرسالة) in the absence of Messengers (saw) to the people with what they acquired as a pure knowledge…

The Srebrenica genocide was a horrific tragedy in human history. The genocide took place in towns that the Security Council had identified as safe areas, but then refused to authorize enough troops to defend. As a result, over 8,000 ethnic Bosnian men and boys were slaughtered during a week of brutality, which could have been prevented.