Claremont Main Road Mosque Faith – Compassion – Justice

Ebrahim Moosa is a professor of Islamic studies at Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and the author of “What Is a Madrasa?” When we studied together at a madrassa, Rashid Moosagie had a very low opinion of my politics. I was disenchanted by the academic, abstract nature of our curriculum ... Read More »

Cultivating Recognition (ma’rifa) in the Quest for Environmental Justice   Khutbah: Claremont Main Road Masjid – 21 August 2015 Today’s khutbah focuses on environmental justice and sustainability in light of the threat of climate change, global warming, environmental pollution, and ecological imbalances all over the world. These are affecting quality of life, threatening to destroy the very material basis necessary ... Read More »

31 JULY 2015 CMRM Strongly Condemns Attack by Israeli Extremists on Palestinian Family The Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM) strongly condemns the barbaric arson attack on a Palestinian family living in the occupied West Bank that caused an eighteen-month-old baby boy to be burnt to death and his mother and four-year-old brother to suffer up to 75% burns on their ... Read More »

In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace  Introduction The month of Shawwal is the tenth month in the hijri lunar calendar and has great significance for Muslims. During pre-Islamic times the lunar month of Shawwal was regarded as a cursed month and a month of ill-omen. Some people of that time even avoided getting married ... Read More »

In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace July 2015/Shawwal 1436   Allah is Greater than Allah is Greater than Allah is Greater than All Praise, Thanks & Gratitude belongs to Allah Alone   Introduction  We have gathered at this `Id al-Fitr service to celebrate our spiritual achievements of the past month of Ramadan. To have ... Read More »

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The ongoing destruction of Syria and Iraq Two places of great historic significance in Islamic history are in chaos.  Damascus and Baghdad stand out in the early centuries of Islamic history for their rich culture, architecture, and scholarship.  Provinces and towns Syria and Iraq all have some trace of great achievements of the early Islamic past.   But both countries ... Read More »

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Ta’aruf and Ta’ayush – A Jewish Perspective CMRM Post –Tarawih Talk – Saturday Evening 4 July 2015  Good evening, Assalamu `alaykum, Shalom aleichem. It is an honour and privilege for me to be invited here tonight to your masjid, such an auspicious and important mosque in the history of this city, renowned even outside of Muslim circles for its unyielding promotion of Islamic ... Read More »

In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace Introduction By the Grace of Allah, we have reached the second half of this blessed month of Ramadan. The exacting discipline of fasting has no doubt fortified and revitalized our spiritual resources. However, in addition to the overall goal of spiritual transformation, fasting in Ramadan should inculcate in the ... Read More »