Written by © Atabek Shukurov Edited by Muhammad Iqbal I wrote an open letter to the putative head of modern Deobandism (a Salafi offshoot in the Indian Subcontinent), Mufti Taqi Usmani, about six months ago concerning the issue of mortgages, which he as a scholar claiming to represent the Sunni Hanafi School declared to be…
Category: Hadith
Ikrima as ‘Imam’ of Modern Hanafis – Part 2
Written by © Atabek Shukurov Edited by Muhammad Iqbal Since releasing my article on Ikrima the Liar and Kharijite, I have received a lot of positive feedback from readers who were either blissfully unaware of the genocidal propensities of some of the people that groups such as Deobandis and Salafis expect them to ‘respect’ as…
The Truth About ‘The Study Quran’ Part 2: Al-Maturidi and Who Are The Theological Modernists?
Shaykh Atabek Shukurov It has become necessary to embark on this article and others like it because under ideological and financial pressure from Salafis and other fringe elements, most Muslim groups purporting to follow ‘Classical Islam’ have instead falsified and fabricated astonishing amounts in its name. A prominent example is pretending that those hadiths, fatwas and…
Islamic Blasphemy Laws and the Strange Case of Mumtaz Qadiri – Part 1
Written by Atabek Sukurov Edited by Muhammad Iqbal I often look at the online fatwas and talks of Islamic ‘scholars’ and wonder if perhaps they are deliberately trying to arm Islamophobes or to further garner harassment and vilification for Muslims with their bizarre pronouncements. What makes me really sad is that they never couch these…
Permissibility of Mortgages – An Open Letter to Sheikh Taqi Uthmani
In the name of God, most Merciful and most Compassionate For the Attention of: His Honour Sheikh Muhammad Taqi al-Uthmani (may God preserve him). Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. First and foremost, I would like to thank you for your services to Muslims generally and to students of knowledge specifically by…
Shaykh Atabek Shukurov an Nasafi 