Abu Dhabi Khutbas & MoreShaykh Jihad H. Brown ~ 06 Nov 2010 ~ The National, Abu Dhabi An elderly scholar in the research library of an elite European university joined me at my table in the tearoom recently. During the course of our conversation he confided in me that Islam appears rather illogical to him. His choice of words caught [...]
Shaykh Jihad Hashim Brown ~ 30 October 2010 ~ The National, Abu Dhabi For anyone who might ask, “Does Islam condone domestic abuse?”, the answer is a resounding, “No, of course not”. Violence committed against women by an intimate partner is a crime. Unfortunately, it is an all too common one worldwide. In the United [...]
Delivered by Shaykh Jihad Hashim Brown in Abu Dhabi on 12 February 2010 To Listen: To Download: 12-02-10_Doubt and Certainty
Jihad Hashim Brown ~ 09 Oct 2010 ~ The National, Abu Dhabi [Note: This is the full unedited version. Updated 10-10-2010] One of my Shaykhs once told me that the value of the path to God is indicated by the number of highwaymen along its road. Perhaps, at the time I thought I knew exactly [...]
Delivered by Shaykh Jihad Hashim Brown in Abu Dhabi on 29 January 2010. To Listen: To Download: 29-01-10_Brotherhood pt 9 – Prohibition of Racism [mp3]
Delivered by Shaykh Jihad Hashim Brown on 22 January 2010 in Abu Dhabi To Listen: To Download: 22-01-10_Brotherhood pt 8 – The Dignity of a Brother
Shaykh Jihad H. Brown ~ 25 Sept 2010 ~ The National, Abu Dhabi (This is the full, unedited version) When we used to be American Muslims we hated our own freedom. In the phrase of the time, “they hate our freedom,” American Muslims were both the “they” and the “our”. Such a contradiction in terms [...]
Shaykh Jihad H. Brown ~ 18 September 2010 ~ The National, Abu Dhabi Sometimes it doesn’t feel like a global village. At least not when you’re from the wrong side of the tracks. People are constantly trying to judge you through the lenses of their own glasses. Didn’t their mothers ever tell them that it’s [...]
Shaykh Jihad H. Brown | 04 September 2010 | The National, Abu Dhabi A myriad of affiliations abound in the life of a Muslim. Some people identify with their country, some with their favourite sports club. Others identify with their ethnicity or tribal loyalties, still others with their career or preferred musical genre. But all [...]
Shaykh Jihad H. Brown ~ 28 August 2010 ~ The National, Abu Dhabi Disgusted. This is the immediate impression upon receiving the news of this past Wednesday’s bombing spree in Iraq. One day after official American combat operations ended in Iraq we receive news that co-ordinated bombing attacks in 10 locations throughout the country claimed [...]
