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Despite
the nobility and strength of the message it claims to carry,
the Muslim community, as a whole, is suffering many of the same
social and spiritual ills that are plaguing non-Muslims. Why
is this the case and how does Islam provide hope when it's so
easy to have such a bleak outlook? Through his
typically concise and scholarly approach, Dr. Jamal Badawi presents
the answers to these important questions by analyzing the respective
strengths and weaknesses of the Muslim ummah as well as relating
a fascinating hadith of the Prophet (P) that foretells the stages
of success and failure for the ummah until the end of time. He
also looks at three major diseases that are at the heart of the
matter: loyalty to other than Allah, lack of knowledge and understanding,
and disunity. Other topics discussed: fear and hope, the lure
of Shaitan, khalifah, and the necessary unity between belief
and action. (Duration: 1 hour) Jamal Badawi is a professor of
management and religious studies at Saint Mary's University in
Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is a well-known author, activist and
speaker on Islam who appears often on television and radio programs.
He serves on the board of CAIR-Canada and is also a member of
the Fiqh Council of North America and the European Council for
Fatwa and Research, headed by Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
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