{"id":184678,"date":"2025-06-25T02:40:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T02:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=184678"},"modified":"2025-06-25T02:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T02:40:53","slug":"revisiting-muslim-mindsets-through-the-lens-of-islamic-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=184678","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Muslim Mindsets through the Lens of Islamic Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By, Md Maruf Hasan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muslims in Palestine are being killed. The very first brutal\u00a0Shahid\u00a0<\/em>of Islam was Sumayyah (R<\/em>A). The leaders of Makkah define and justify the killing of Sumayyah\u00a0(RA). The leaders of Israel define and justify the killing of Muslims in Palestine today. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his companions saw that Muslims were awarded Shahid<\/em>.\u00a0Muslims across the world subconsciously see that Palestinians are getting\u00a0Shahid<\/em>. Something\u00a0seems\u00a0ambiguous\u00a0with the contemporary Muslim mindset.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first major and noticeable division among Muslims in Islamic history started with Shiaa and Sunni conflicts. Muslims come to add the level as \u201cShia Muslim<\/em>\u201d or \u201cSunni Muslim<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0We have witnessed so many sects of Muslims till today\u00a0since the birth of Islam that started with the\u00a0Tawhidic<\/em>\u00a0message of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The Quranic term \u201cUmmah<\/em>\u201d that was used during the time of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)\u00a0to understand Muslims.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The power of definitions changed Muslim Mindsets. Under current status quo, Israel attacked Iran killing the nuclear scientists as well as a revolutionary leader of Muslims. From Sunni Muslim\u2019s perspective, it hurts not that much because it is Iran which is Shiaa based Muslim country.\u00a0What about Israel? Do they think\u00a0a similar\u00a0way? No. They think Iran is a threat to Israel since Iranians are also Muslims. They use these\u00a0S<\/em>hia<\/em>a\u00a0and\u00a0S<\/em>unni<\/em>\u00a0Muslim terms when they meet Muslim leaders because they love to play with our weakness. The Collapse of Ottoman\u00a0Khilafa<\/em>\u00a0was based on one simple theory which is nationalism. The core idea of nationalism for colonizers was \u201cDivide and Rule.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not like Muslim\u00a0leaders and intellectuals\u00a0do not understand these theories or Western conspiracy of diplomacy nowadays, rather they do understand, yet\u00a0somehow,\u00a0they got highly infected with these invisible definitional power in their mindsets and they\u00a0cannot\u00a0simply get rid of it.\u00a0Imagine a lake full of mud in the jungle , you walk down the lake for swimming and taking shower. You swim till the middle of the lake. You reached there and suddenly you noticed that the lake is super\u00a0shallow,and you can simply walk without needing to swim. You do understand the shallowness of the lake, yet you decide to swim because it is good to swim for your health. No doubt there are so many\u00a0advantages\u00a0of nationalism, yet nationalism is the shallow ideology which is not like Islamic ideology.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all the definitional powers that are defined by the West, Muslims are swimming in the shallow water nowadays despite they know themselves that the lake is shallow.\u00a0To cite some examples, we use the terms like \u201cMulticulturalism,\u201d \u201cReligious Pluralism,\u201d \u201cInternationalization.\u201d Who defines these terms in Oxford Dictionary? An Asian man? Or An Arab man? Or An African man?\u00a0It is a British intellectual who defines this term in Oxford\u00a0dictionary. Is he God? Or Is he Human? A Human. If you cannot accept a definition of a Shia Muslim as a\u00a0Sunni Muslim, why do you accept this definition and act upon it consciously and subconsciously?\u00a0The terms \u201cMulticulturalism\u201d, Religious Pluralism\u201d, \u201cInternationalization\u201d\u00a0should not\u00a0be accepted within Muslim discourse. They look similar with Islamic\u00a0terms,\u00a0but they are shallow and highly problematic to affect Muslim Mindsets.\u00a0Israel is killing Muslims in\u00a0Palestine, and they are stating that they are killing for justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is radical definition of justice in front of the Muslims and world media. Last few decades, they mention that they are only attacking Hamas terrorists and Muslims accepted their definition and now they see status quo that most of these dead people are kids, old people and women, Muslims are perhaps thinking these are Palestinians in subconscious minds. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught his companions to accept definitions of the Quran\u00a0how to think and\u00a0treat other fellow Muslims, the teaching was based on\u00a0Tawhidic<\/em>\u00a0Paradigm at the first place and Muslims are wholeheartedly feel the core message and idea of Islam. The terms \u201cMulticulturalism\u201d, Religious Pluralism\u201d, \u201cInternationalization\u201d\u00a0etc.\u00a0are completely foreign ideas injected in Muslim minds to\u00a0systematically force Muslims to swim in shallow water.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solution to this\u00a0deep-rooted\u00a0problem seems\u00a0to lie\u00a0within the teaching of the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him).\u00a0Allah revealed early scriptures to each prophet in their native language. That means Islam does not want any human to swim in shallow water by deceiving , rather Islam wants to deliver clear message with understanding and without any confusion and doubt. This is lacking in Western political thought when they deal with the Muslim world.\u00a0It seems\u00a0we, the\u00a0Muslim Ummah <\/em>need to revisit the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in order to swim in deep waters independently.***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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