By Yousef Drummond Insha’Allah, or God Willing, I hope to shed some light on what I understand is a critical relationship between “ancestral religion”, culture and Christianity. For this column I focus on “ancestral religion” and culture. If the Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung is correct, all this interplay of “ancestral religion” and culture now resides [...]
By Yousef Drummond “God, having thus created man, put into him a light which is called reason, which was to unite the flesh, the sense, and the soul in a single end – to work for the service of God (emphasis mine – for Almighty Allah’s [SWT] Sake Only)[1]”. I have only to thank [...]
By Yousef Drummond “God, having thus created man, put into him a light which is called reason, which was to unite the flesh, the sense, and the soul in a single end – to work for the service of God (emphasis mine – for Almighty Allah’s [SWT] Sake Only)[1]”. I will say at [...]
Yousef Drummond A few weeks ago I and other brothers listened attentively one evening to a Bayan, or lecture, conducted by one of our learned scholars of Islam at a musjid here in Elmont, New York. The topic: anger. I’m not referring to the manifestation of anger, however; and I’m sure this learned scholar was [...]
By Yousef Drummond We often hear from parents and educational authorities that reading is fundamental. Those of us who respond to their advice seriously understand one thing: that there are both obvious and implicit consequences arising from the art of reading, moving from the fundamentals to a complete mastery over a book based on one’s [...]
by Yousef Drummond There are times when I relate to readers what I believe to be a key important issue that point to critical times for the Muslim Ummah, so that, Insha’Allah, I and others become acutely aware of it and begin to take the road to some, and perhaps, greater introspection. The core issue [...]
By Yousef Drummond I will say at the outset that I harbored no opinion regarding the protesters’ massive uprising for democratic change in Egypt. I will be honest with readers when I say that I was a bit saddened by this event, even though I can imagine the protesters’ euphoria as they talk exuberantly about [...]
By Yousef Drummond “It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira (radi-allahu-anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (sallalahu-alihi-wa-salam) observed: ‘The Satan comes to everyone of you and says: Who created this and that? Till he questions: Who created your Lord? When he comes to that, one should seek refuge in Allah (SWT) and keep [...]
Yousef Drummond “Imagine”. This is the title of a song, released in late 1971 associated with U.S. counter-culture icon John Lennon and is universally recognized as a plea for “world peace”[1]. It gained instant global success here in the United States and sent ripple-effects overseas for one salient reason: a growing uneasiness among the masses [...]
By Yousef Drummond The central question today is whether we, as Muslims, can impart to our neighbors, friends and consequently the wider society of non-Muslims the "true" nature of being a Muslim. I, as a Muslim believe that Allah’s (SWT) Legislation, the Sharia, is the only path to human happiness. Nonetheless, I understand clearly that [...]
