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Should Muslims Vote?
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Should Muslims Vote?

YOU MUST GO TO VOTE. Whether it is raining or not, whatever be the situation, you MUST GO AND VOTE. Remember this is the only opportunity that you have in a democracy to be heard, to influence your own future and to protect yourself from those who wish to hurt you. Remember, a party is not elected by the majority of the population of the country but by the majority of those who cast their vote. This is the key to modern democracies and the reason why you must vote. If you don’t enroll yourself and don’t go and vote, then don’t blame anyone else for the result. You are responsible, and you will pay the price.

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Rasoolullahﷺ the best role model for today
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Rasoolullahﷺ the best role model for today

He conquered his enemies not by killing them but by killing enmity. That is the biggest lesson for all humanity today which is mired in misery and suffering thanks to mutual hatred. Forgive and start afresh, a society based on mutual respect and acceptance. That is the message of Prophet Muhammad (May he be blessed). A message as valid today as it was then.

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Qualities of the Imam
Leadership is a Personal Choice

Qualities of the Imam

It is not how much you have, but how much you want, which determines satisfaction and peace of mind.

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courageImaan
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I want to start a business
An Entrepreneur's Diary

I want to start a business

The desire for entrepreneurship is a strong natural urge which in my view is the logical development of leadership in a person, which encourages him/her to become independent and strike out on their own. In days of old, they called it, ‘seeking your fortune’, which ranged from traveling across the world to trade, to buccaneering and banditry masquerading as adventure and conquest. Be that as it may, the crux of the matter was as in the song, “A man and his will to survive”, where you pit your wit and overcome challenges and build a future for yourself, different and better than your compatriots ‘back home’. That spirit remains to this day as I believe it is a primordial urge and the fulfillment of all that one aspires for. Today, that is usually in setting up a business of your own, becoming an entrepreneur. Not quite as dangerous physically as sailing the high seas on a Dhow or Clipper ship or leading an army across the land but equally anxiety generating in terms of facing the possibility of financial ruin for oneself and one’s family.

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Indian Muslims – Looking ahead
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Indian Muslims – Looking ahead

It must be made clear to all concerned that the issue of the development of Muslims is not an issue of Muslims alone. It is an issue of this land of ours. No country can survive, much less grow and prosper where a large part of its population has no access to its prosperity. We still have that chance. We will not have it much longer.

18 min read
Indianjustice
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Marriage Advice – Quick Recap
Marriage

Marriage Advice – Quick Recap

Keep confidence. What’s between you two must remain between the two of you only. Nobody else. She’s your Best Friend and you are hers. Respect that relationship and your marriage will be a source of great blessing. Let anyone else into that relationship, mother, father, sibling, anyone, and it’s doomed. It’s as simple as that. And it’s in your control.

4 min read
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Do ideology-led movements need systems?
See with your Heart

Do ideology-led movements need systems?

Ideology defines the goal and the path that leads to it. Skill is necessary to do what it takes to reach the goal. Leaders must always keep the purpose in mind and not allow their ego, personal likes and dislikes, affiliations, or anything else to get in the way of choosing the right people. Nobody can succeed on their own. Right people are critical to success. No matter how talented, skilled, or learned the leader may be, without competent supporters he will fail. Let’s ask how we hire, especially if the person who is fit for the position is someone, we may have a difference of opinion with or don’t really like very much. The ability to work with diverse people and be able to relate to them depending on the situation defines successful leadership. Please see my book, “Hiring Winners”.

14 min read
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Stand by your word
Tales of Kwakwani

Stand by your word

There was an important lesson for me to take away; if you win, you will find that you have a lot of supporters. If I had been reprimanded by the Minister and ordered to withdraw the letter, then I do not know how many of my supporters would have stood on the same side of the street when they saw me coming. Winners have many fathers and losers none.

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They tried to bury seeds
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They tried to bury seeds

To address or change a result we must address its cause. Peace is a result. Justice is its cause. If we want peace, we must establish justice. Without justice there can never be peace. Those who fight for justice are called by different names and are always persecuted, maligned, and sought to be eliminated by the oppressors. But oppressors don’t know – those they try to bury are really seeds and they will germinate and flower and bear fruit.

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Gazaharmony
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Investing in the Goodwill Mutual Fund
In a Teacup

Investing in the Goodwill Mutual Fund

It was many years later that I read the saying of Martin Luther King, Jr. which immediately made sense to me. He said: “Cowardice asks the question – is it safe? Expediency asks the question – is it politic? Vanity asks the question – is it popular? But conscience asks the question – is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.” This is how I have always tried to live my own life. And any time I failed to do this, the folly immediately became clear to me and I repented. It is far more painful to succumb to oppression than to stand up against it. And to imagine that it is not oppression if it is not happening to you is the biggest mistake. Injustice to anyone is injustice to everyone. When you fail to stand up to it, something dies inside you.

18 min read
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Learning from Life – Morsi
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Learning from Life – Morsi

This is my attempt at trying to learn some lessons from history. Let me warn you in advance that if any analysis is to make meaning or prove useful, it must be divorced from emotion. I know that many of my readers, indeed I myself, can think of many excuses for what Morsi did and explain each action away by seeking refuge behind ‘good intentions’, ‘commitment to Islam’, ‘personal piety of Morsi’ and so on. That would be totally counterproductive. The issue here is not how the supporters of Morsi see his decisions or the actions of his party, but how others did and do. It was that which brought about the tragic events leading to the reinstatement of dictatorship and the death of Morsi and hundreds of his followers. Surely, that is a sacrifice which should be enough for us to ask some tough questions and face some unpleasant facts.

16 min read
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The Great Slide
Where are the leaders

The Great Slide

The 80’s sound like ancient history today in 2019 going on the magic number 2020. What do we have today? Hatred. We hate each other and that sells, that gets you elected, that gets you followers, it is chic, it is fashionable, and it works. That is the only thing that counts. So, our world has shrunk. We meet people like ourselves, who talk like we do, eat what we eat, like what we like and dislike what we dislike. We hate the same people and in each other’s rhetoric, we find solace. We live in our echo chamber and that has become our world. There are those among us who were born in this echo chamber. They don’t know anything else. But there are those who were born and lived in a world that was very different from this one. A world where there were no echo chambers, like there were no mobile phones, laptops, social media and even television. A world that was real. Today in our echo chamber, we sometimes ask ourselves this question, “What happened to that world?” Then we correct ourselves and ask, “What did we do to it?”

11 min read
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