Imam Zia Sheikh and Imam Yaseen
You two are exceptions! You live and breathe the deen (religion) and duniya (world), and I connect with you two, both of you are open
minded and respect the God-given life in here now, and take care of the Amana (Life is a trust), and not sacrifice it for the Aakhira (hereafter).
However, your concerns
are legitimate, yes, many of the Khutbas (sermons) are irrelevant, and have nothing to do with
my day to day life. Some of them are downright stupid, as a Muslim, I don’t
want to mince the words; A Khateeb was telling in a mosque that Aids is not a
Muslim issue, because we are so pious we don’t get Aids – there were several
medical doctors in the congregation… I don’t know if they dove into the cell
phone or did not have the balls to speak up, but I went to read stuff in my
cell phone. I communicated that in my
note a few weeks later, and guess what happened – well of course, you believe the Imam.
are legitimate, yes, many of the Khutbas (sermons) are irrelevant, and have nothing to do with
my day to day life. Some of them are downright stupid, as a Muslim, I don’t
want to mince the words; A Khateeb was telling in a mosque that Aids is not a
Muslim issue, because we are so pious we don’t get Aids – there were several
medical doctors in the congregation… I don’t know if they dove into the cell
phone or did not have the balls to speak up, but I went to read stuff in my
cell phone. I communicated that in my
note a few weeks later, and guess what happened – well of course, you believe the Imam.
The issue is relevance
of Khutba.
of Khutba.
I would love to give a
Khutba in your mosque, on the topic of how we connect with the Prophet, and
what it means to us on a day to day basis. How can we become the Rahmat to our
fellow beings without distinction? Being Amin is the first requirement of being
a Muslim that is the foundation model Prophet gave us – instead we chose the
others Sunna’s as our brand recognition.
Khutba in your mosque, on the topic of how we connect with the Prophet, and
what it means to us on a day to day basis. How can we become the Rahmat to our
fellow beings without distinction? Being Amin is the first requirement of being
a Muslim that is the foundation model Prophet gave us – instead we chose the
others Sunna’s as our brand recognition.
By the way, I give
talks on the topic ” Muhammad the Peacemaker” along with MLK and
Gandhi during the season of peace. Here are a few articles to indicate what it
would entail:
talks on the topic ” Muhammad the Peacemaker” along with MLK and
Gandhi during the season of peace. Here are a few articles to indicate what it
would entail:
Connecting with the
Prophet –
Prophet –
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/how-i-connect-with-prophet-muhammad_b_2547782.html
American Muslim Agenda
–
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/american-muslim-agenda-a-_b_5528706.html
–
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/american-muslim-agenda-a-_b_5528706.html
Imam Yaseen, I will be in DC on Friday January 16, please let me know if that
will work for you.
Let me know if I can.
Mike Ghouse
World
Muslim Congress, a think tank
World
Muslim Congress, a think tank