Ibn Kathir explains the verse “Ummatan Wasatan”, as “the just,” “the best (in goodness or quality),” “the top choice,” “the finest,” and “the most honorable” ummah (nation). Thus, this Ummah is “THE” role model for humankind.

Due to the monstrous genocide taking place in Gaza and America’s role in aiding and abetting it to continue, there has been a lot of discussion amongst Muslims on how to be more politically engaged and how the Muslim community can be at the forefront of shaping American politics to change the world for the better.

Trump’s America treats the European Union countries as it treats the Third World countries. It wants them to submit to its new policies, which are based on following orders. The era of “free-riding” is over, as Trump said during his first term. European countries that accepted to enter under the American security umbrella, since the end of World War II, must now pay for the protection over the last seven…

One of the most dangerous paths taken by many individuals within the Islamic Ummah is the tendency towards a “low-cost” religiosity, i.e., worshipping Allah (swt) with the bare minimum, which the negligent believe will save them from the Wrath of Allah (swt) and absolve them of any blame regarding their Ummah, Deen, and lands.