Dr. Rebecca Masterton. PhD London University 2006
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What Europe came to know as 'Islam' through the Byzantine East, was actually Umayyad imperialism. This is why it is important to remember the events of Karbala: the persecution and execution of the Prophet's family members and followers by those very same Umayyads.
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When I was Sunni I was told that 'Islam swept successfully' across North Africa. I wasn't told about the resistance that Amazigh Muslims put up against the Umayyad imperialists. Amazigh still have bitter memories about Umayyadism being imposed by force.
What Europe came to know as 'Islam' through the Byzantine East, was actually Umayyad imperialism. This is why it is important to remember the events of Karbala: the persecution and execution of the Prophet's family members and followers by those very same Umayyads.
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A beautiful aspect of way of Islam, is that it encourages the asking of questions, and discussion. While certain caliphal authorities desired to label the asking of questions 'fitna', Imam al-Sadiq (as) encouraged it.
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When you discuss history, Nasibiyya just lash out with insults about temporary marriage, because they do not have a more intelligent strategy. They should really focus on doing something about the HIV running rampant in their communities.
What Europe came to know as 'Islam' through the Byzantine East, was actually Umayyad imperialism. This is why it is important to remember the events of Karbala: the persecution and execution of the Prophet's family members and followers by those very same Umayyads.
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The thing that surprises me is that native Arabic speakers living right next to libraries with all the books from the Twelver tradition never read the books and know less than people that have Arabic as a second language. Not blaming you. Just surprised.
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What Europe came to know as 'Islam' through the Byzantine East, was actually Umayyad imperialism. This is why it is important to remember the events of Karbala: the persecution and execution of the Prophet's family members and followers by those very same Umayyads.
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Stating historical facts is not trying to 'please Europe', or promote a 'liberal' Islam without any spiritual warriors. There is a difference between a 'thug' and a 'spiritual warrior'.
What Europe came to know as 'Islam' through the Byzantine East, was actually Umayyad imperialism. This is why it is important to remember the events of Karbala: the persecution and execution of the Prophet's family members and followers by those very same Umayyads.
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The attempt to silence discussion:
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No I am not using the word 'imperialism' in the leftist sense. I'm using it in the pre-modern sense of 'establishing an empire'.
What Europe came to know as 'Islam' through the Byzantine East, was actually Umayyad imperialism. This is why it is important to remember the events of Karbala: the persecution and execution of the Prophet's family members and followers by those very same Umayyads.
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@osama_ben_biden
Shimr was not a shi'a of the Imam al-Husayn, nor was Yazid, nor were the hundreds that amassed in the army and lined up to kill the Imam.
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The problem with not studying the HISTORICITY of the construction of 'hadith' collections, is that people get into this tiresome 'hadith war', because they take all content on face value without looking at the political circumstances behind these books.
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@IcelandAfrica
They were part of a larger tribe, called the Quraysh, from Hijaz, Western Arabia. Their ancestor was called Umayya. The Prophet was also from Quraysh. His ancestor was called Hashim. The Umayyads seized power after 'Ali, the Prophet's cousin, was assassinated
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@Justhumanb
Texts written by Byzantines at the time proves the point. They didn't know who Imam 'Ali was.
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Anyone who equates 'the resistance' with the Umayyads should speak to the descendants of the Amazigh confederates who allied themselves with 'Alawi exiles in order to 'resist' the imposition of imperialism in Ifriqiyah.
What Europe came to know as 'Islam' through the Byzantine East, was actually Umayyad imperialism. This is why it is important to remember the events of Karbala: the persecution and execution of the Prophet's family members and followers by those very same Umayyads.
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@AminahSheikh
I have Yemeni ancestry dear. For your information, Islam is not an ethnic religion. It's interesting for me that a 'brown person' like you feels entitled to decide who gets to be Muslim and who doesn't. You are not the Prophet, FYI.
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@TheMuslimTheist
There is a difference between 'defensive' and 'offensive'. The excesses were massive, including killing anyone that spoke well of 'Ali b. Abi Talib.
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@akhirist
So why did Mu'awiya attempt to kill the rightly guided caliph of his time? Isn't that shirk?
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@inteisarr
Yes, it's a standard policy in Shi'i hadith sciences. Why don't you study Shi'i rijal? Then you will understand, and you won't have to resort to personal attacks as a form of defence.
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Lebanon's economy is in tatters, Lebanese people are starving, garbage mountains in Lebanon are out of control, but someone that calls themselves 'Lebanese Muslim' is spending their time in pointless arguing on Twitter.
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Professor Nebil Husayn has written about this.
The "Umayyadification" of Global Islamic perception is a great problem. Even in the earliest times, the Christian knowledge of Islam was mediated by Umayyad sources. This is proven by the fact that they use the name Abū Turāb for Imām ʿAlī.
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Camels gonna cross as they like, regardless of your brand of car.
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@HamasTiger44
Abu Hurayra used to lie a lot in your books, but that was just to serve worldly ends and to try to destory Islam from the inside.
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@Pkhtn_Pakistani
That's very kind of you, but when you start to read about how people considered for 'sahih' narrations actually behaved, and who they were connected with, then the category of 'sahih' becomes problematic.
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@TahaNaqvi114
I'm not referring to the army, but rather the 'version' of Islam that they encountered through texts, through the people they met.
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Trying to raise some funds for a homeless man in London. He has been homeless for three years. Doesn't drink, or take drugs. Has to sleep in the park in all weathers. Has long covid. Some funds will give him a few nights in a hostel
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When 594,932rd mukhalif tells you 'You don't have any proof for that'.
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@meznaqato
One ironic thing was that US personnel only summoned Iraqi men to negotiate with, as they assumed that women were not involved in decision-making, thereby playing out an Orientalist stereotype.
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@SkMuzahid75545
When you study the history of how Sunnism was formed, then you realise that this was a strategy: to hide the truth from people.
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@Farid_0v
One that discourages questions wants to oppress the intellect. Also, the people that discouraged questions were in a very different position from the Imam. You can't equate them.
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@Farid_0v
According to Arzina Lalani and Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, yes, in order to protect their lives. Each situation and circumstance was case-specific. That's why qiyas is rejected.
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@lebmuslim
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@Farid_0v
Mother of the believers, means that no one is allowed to marry her after the death of the Prophet (s). Both Sunni and Shi'i narrations say that the Prophet (s) died with his head in the lap of Imam 'Ali (as).
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@Mohk82
Islam is about knowledge, not about robbing people of their assets and building palaces. The priority of the Imams was knowledge, first and last.
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'You lost the debate' someone says. What debate?
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@abuatiyyah_
Do you think it's a good thing that he worked together with a man that threatened to massacre the Ansar?
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@zahidpervez
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Centuries of brainwashing...and enough fabricated hadiths to keep them afraid from looking outside the box.
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Contemporary nomadic school, Iran
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@inteisarr
@ShiaPostingLs
It's considered that everybody knew that he was narrating from his forefathers, so it was not necessary to write it every time.
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@JasonPe50721635
It does matter. You are welcome to close your eyes. No one is forcing you to see.
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@YetAnthrStudent
I haven't studied hadith science in depth, but have studied history, which makes it clear that the designation of who was reliable and who wasn't was entirely politically motivated.
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@TheMuslimTheist
Up until the time of the death of the Prophet, Libya had not been subjugated, nor Khurasan.
Yes, and a defensive war is not the same as attempts to conquer lands and rob people and build palaces - as the Egyptians protested about 'Uthman's nepo-governors.
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As the bus crossed over the river from North London to South, I started to hear the 'f' word being used much more. I felt sorry for the bus driver, thinking he was getting verbal abuse; then I realised that it was the driver himself swearing at the traffic.
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@freemonotheist
A 'sahabi' (Mu'awiya) instituted the cursing from every pulpit of another 'sahabi' ('Ali ibn Abi Talib). Some Muslims say 'may God be pleased with him' after Mu'awiya's name, usually those that accuse others of 'cursing the sahabah'.
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لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ:
'God is distinguished by his indistinction from any other distinct thing, and this is why in the godhead the essence or existence (essentia sive esse) is unbegotten and does not beget.' (Eckhart, Comm. St. John)
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@bookof12kings
It's beyond me! Guaranteed you'll get all the ancient worn out statements and counterarguments coming out.
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@hasandarb
Only convinced by the lives of the Imams and historical sources. Those Imams that the 'caliphs' imprisoned and poisoned. History speaks for itself.
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@keeper_of_oath
One of the main reasons Sunnis are coming to tashayyu' is that they have got tired of being told to be quiet and not ask questions. The ruling prohibiting the discussion of events was devised, among others, by Ibn Hanbal.
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Just giving some down time for the Twitter warriors.
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Memories of walking through silent streets during lockdown.
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with my husband (d. 16.10.21) and buying this postcard. Ended up giving it to a Syrian refugee child called Jalil.
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@TheMuslimTheist
That's what I am saying. Attempts at landgrabs started after the Prophet's death.
Shame they didn't focus on spreading knowledge instead, and then nobody would have shot at them.
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@Surviving_LADa
Mocking abuse of men has been culturally instilled since the 70s. Men that have sought help for physical abuse from DV organisations have often been laughed at and told to go away.
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@a_lehbi
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No. Not correct. They are very clear that the one responsible for the massacre of Imam Husayn & family is Yazid, the son of Mu'awiya, and Mu'awiya was made governor of Syria by Umar b. al-Khattab.
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@antialienationp
I found the same issue on Twitter! Was sharing info about PA and got a notification that I am spreading misinformation and that the reach of my posts would be restricted.
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@iandavidmorris
It's set up from the beginning. Legally they have to advertise the post, but usually they already have their favourite candidate in mind. Stay strong and keep publishing.
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@HadesInShades
I haven't said they expressed fear or hatred. Just that what they encountered was Umayyad imperialism, which was based upon killing the family members of the Prophet and their followers.
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@hasandarb
@IcelandAfrica
On conditions which they broke. One of those conditions being: 'do not harrass my Shi'a'.
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After twenty years of reading 'mystical/spiritual' texts, my patience is running thin. They are too theoretical; too detached from daily life; avoid talking about real ugliness and suffering.
#spirituality
#Islam
#Islamic
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@holly
Why the heck is this being turned into a feminist/women only issue? Men and boys go missing too; except that they don't make the national press or have massive search teams involved.
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Just been reading about the Neoplatonic influences in the work of Junayd al-Baghdadi. I wish there was a comprehensive work on this subject on many more of these personalities, e.g. Ibn Tufayl.
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Here is a curiosity: virtually identical narrations from Ibn Gabirol (d. 1070 CE) and Tabarsi (d. 1153) - although Tabarsi appears to narrate this from al-Mahasin - I still need to check the original source.
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Discovering praise songs for Imam 'Ali (as) in Hausa:
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Curious about the relationship between the occult and what directives the Imams [as] had for dealing with it - aside from the common du'as that we have. Anyone know of any texts?
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@PeacockClub786
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When I was Sunni I also heard all kinds of crazy stories about the Shia. Even though I knew nothing about tashayyu' I found them hard to believe. I don't like arguing, but that's the situation in which we find ourselves in simply mentioning the truth.
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