Admit it. Reading the news every day is unbelievably depressing.
Either the news is reporting on a Muslim who thinks it’s God’s work to blow people up to Kingdom come, or the news is interviewing a Muslim who comes across more as an Atheist/Agnostic than a spokesperson for the community.
Always the extreme ends. Always the fringe.
“Where’s the scholar who represents ME and the mainstream Muslims?” you cry!
But wait, do you even know who you are anymore? And is there a mainstream even remaining!?
Because don’t take anything for granted. The mainstream is struggling too. It’s not just the middle-classes that are being squeezed as they often say, but the middle ground as well. We are living in an unprecedented era of pressure and confusion leading to even balanced middle-ground Muslims having doubts in nearly every aspect of their religion – from its theology to its politics to its rulings to its values.
And the situation is critical.
Finally, with not only AlMaghrib Institute’s very newest class, but what also promises to be one of its flagship classes, we are delighted to at last bring to the table something to change the game – “No Doubt: God, Religion and Politics in the Modern World”.
Join probably the most qualified and well-positioned of scholars to deal with this subject – Shaykh Dr.Yasir Qadhi – in this single-weekend seminar which will delve into the crux of our identity and all those factors that confuse it. Using his immense experience and unique background of marrying academia and theology, both the old and the new, he will bring understanding and confidence whilst being faithful to the tradition.
It’s all fun and interesting to study classical theology, but at the end of the day those historical controversies are not the questions that are being discussed on campuses and social gatherings today. This class aims to tackle some of the most difficult and controversial topics head on, whether the rise of militant atheism, or the evolution issue, the existence of evil, political allegiances, rebellion against dictators, secular feminism, the conflict between citizenship and the support for armed forces pressing forwards with their own agenda regardless, and just so much more.
We are all worried of what the future holds for us, but after this class, at least there will be no more doubts…
Qabeelat Ruhma 