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If you have wondered why there is so much confusion and frustration among Muslims on so many different fronts, the explanation is simple: Muslims just don’t get some of Islam’s core concepts right.
Yes, it is absolutely true that there is so much to unite the Muslims in one solid and cohesive local, regional and global Ummat, perhaps more so than any other people or nation on earth. And yes, at a certain level, a basic understanding of their Deen – Islamic way of life – is part of most Muslims’ mental make-up.
Yet, one of the biggest Muslim problems is that Muslims just don’t get it. That means getting some of the core Islamic concepts right is the greatest challenge facing Muslims in all times and places. As a result, even non-Muslims have difficulty developing a clear understanding of Islam, meaning, since many Muslims don’t understand Islam well enough and clearly enough, they are not able to explain or project Islam to non-Muslims in a clear and persuasive manner.
This is in spite of the fact that the key ideas of Islam are simplicity itself. And we have divine guarantee that God has made Islam easy and simple for us to understand and to put into practice. Innaa nahnu nazzalnadh dhikra wa innaa lahu la-haafizoon.
In Aayat after glorious Aayat, Allah emphasizes that he has made the Dhikr – Qur’an and by extension and implication all things Islamic – easy. Yet Muslims have all kinds of problems getting some of Islam’s core concepts and ideas right.
Added: Dec 4, 2009 | Read Full »
