Tag Archives: The Sunni-Salafi Path

Shi'ism & Iran, Sufism Unveiled, The Evil of Liberalism

Abdolkarim Soroush’s Futile Attempt at Diluting Islam

28/02/2024 ADMIN

Hosein Haj Faraj Dabbagh, best known by his pen name, Abdolkarim Soroush, an Iranian Shia-Sufi religious and political philosopher, at his temporary office in Tehran, 1st March 1999.

Abdolkarim Soroush (born Hossein Haj Faraj Dabbagh; born 16 December 1945; Persian: حسين حاج فرج دباغ) is a former professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran and Imam Khomeini International University.

Soroush stands as one of the most influential figures in Iran’s religious intellectual movement. Returning to Iran from England, where he studied and was exposed to Western philosophies amidst the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79, he swiftly ascended to a prominent position on the Committee of the Cultural Revolution.

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Aqidah, Usul & Manhaj, Tashayyu' / Shi'ism

Minhaj al-Sunnah by Ibn Taymiyyah in the English language!

22/12/2023 ADMIN

‘Minhaj al-Sunnah’ (the full Arabic title of the book: منهاج السنة النبوية في نقض كلام الشيعة والقدرية), or ‘The Methodology of the Prophetic Sunnah in Refuting the Statements of the Shia and the Qadariyyah’, stands as one of the many masterpieces by Shaykh al-Islam Taqi al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abd al-Halim ibn Abd al-Salam al-Numayri al-Harrani, commonly known as Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy upon him).

Ibn Taymiyyah was of Arab and Iranic-Kurdish descent

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Aqidah, Usul & Manhaj

Salafiyyah and Athariyyah: Insights from Al-Dhahabi and Ibn Taymiyyah

29/05/2023 ADMIN

Salafiyyah (Arabic: السلفية) represents the commitment to follow the methodology of the Salaf (the pious predecessors) in matters of creed (‘aqida), speech (qawl), and action (‘amal).