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[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 33] Raising the Conflict Between Reason & Revelation part 2/2
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“When will it be right to be Muslim and gay?”
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[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 33] Removing the Conflict Between Reason & Revelation part 1/2
وَلا يَثْبُتُ قَدَمُ الإِسْلامِ إِلاَّ عَلَى ظَهْرِ التَّسْليمِ وَالاسْتِسْلامِ The foundation of Islām is not made firm except with the support of unreserved assent and submission to Allāh. The author meant by this statement that the matters of faith (imān) and Islām; be that from the fundamentals (usūl) or from…
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