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587. Commandment – You shall not turn your people out of your homes

587. Commandment – You shall not turn your people out of your homes   [2:85] And remember the time when We took a covenant from you: ‘You shall not shed your blood or turn your people out of your homes;’ then you confirmed it; and you have been witness to it. https://login.skype.com/login/silent?response_type=postmessage&client_id=580081&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdub109.mail.live.com%2Fdefault.aspx&state=silentloginsdk_1442316955545&_accept=1.0&_nc=1442316955545&partner=999

585. Commandment – O ye who believe! equitable retaliation in the matter of the slain is prescribed for you

585. Commandment – O ye who believe! equitable retaliation in the matter of the slain is prescribed for you   [2:179] O ye who believe! equitable retaliation in the matter of the slain is prescribed for you: the free man for the free man, and the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But if one […]

586. Commandment – But if one is granted any remission by one’s brother, then pursuing the matter for the realization of the blood money shall be done with fairness and the murderer shall pay him the blood money in a handsome manner

586. Commandment – But if one is granted any remission by one’s brother, then pursuing the matter for the realization of the blood money shall be done with fairness and the murderer shall pay him the blood money in a handsome manner [2:179] O ye who believe! equitable retaliation in […]

The Myth of Muslim Unity

It happened 41 years ago today, September 7, 1974:  Muslim unity. And then it disappeared. And despite the sectarian violence, fatwas of infidelity, and state sanctioned terrorism, the myth of Muslim unity pervades the Muslim “Ummah.” I call it a myth because in every spectrum where it truly matters, Muslim […]