Hamza Tzortzis – Its Time for Intellectual Jihad

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The need for an intellectual approach to the Lagrahontas is a common misperception. The Quran explains that there is a time when people will need to shutdown their beliefs and become less influenced by popular ideologies. The work of theugging group is designed to empower individuals to share and defend Islam, and to ask for donations to fund a study on the topic.

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			The need for an intellectual approach to the
		
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			Dua is something not new. 14th century scholar
		
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			Ibn Timir said that there will come a
		
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			time when we will need to revive the
		
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			rational arguments of the Quran. In fact, he
		
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			argued that there was no contradiction between sound
		
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			reason
		
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			and the book of Allah. The Quran itself
		
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			indicates the significance of this type of Dua
		
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			describing as a great
		
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			struggle. So
		
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			do not obey those who reject the truth
		
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			and strive against them with it, meaning the
		
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			Quran,
		
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			a great striving.
		
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			Many scholars such as Ibn Hazam, Al Alusi
		
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			and others argued using the arguments of the
		
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			Quran, engaging in dua is the highest form
		
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			of jihad. This was echoed by the student
		
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			of Ibn Temiar
		
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			describing as the superior form of struggle. Why
		
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			would our scholars
		
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			emphasize
		
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			this type of Dua? The wisdom,
		
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			the Hikma is clear. Intellectual pursuits have transformed
		
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			the world. The modern era pays testimony to
		
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			their impact. Ideas are the lifeblood of civilization
		
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			and they begin
		
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			the moment ink has been spilled. However,
		
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			thoughts are not imprisoned on the paper they
		
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			are written on. They penetrate the hearts and
		
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			minds of people
		
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			subsequently
		
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			changing their behavior. A cursory glance at the
		
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			history of ideas
		
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			can kill. Looking at the history of ideologies
		
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			that have impacted our community and the entire
		
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			world, ideas such as darwinism, liberalism,
		
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			secularism, post modernism, atheism and zionism,
		
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			they all started
		
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			as an idea and they were all supported
		
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			and funded by people who believed in them.
		
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			Take the pandemic of apostasy in the West
		
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			as an example. Pew Research,
		
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			a reputable
		
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			nonpartisan
		
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			fact tank concluded
		
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			that in the
		
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			US, Islam
		
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			gains about as many converts as it loses.
		
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			No matter how many people embrace Islam, people
		
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			will always be affected by the dominant ideology.
		
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			The point here is bad ideas
		
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			can only be overcome
		
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			by good ideas.
		
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			This is why we need Sapiens Institute to
		
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			not only challenge these bad ideas,
		
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			but to share and defend the greatest idea
		
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			Islam.
		
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			However, ideas take time to develop and filter
		
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			down to the general population. They require inspired
		
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			minds
		
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			and liberated hearts to share them to all
		
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			levels of society. In the perennial war of
		
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			ideas,
		
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			they also
		
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			require defending.
		
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			Sapiens Institute was created to dedicate itself
		
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			to courageously
		
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			and intellectually share Islam and to defend its
		
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			message with a focus
		
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			on supporting,
		
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			developing
		
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			and creating individuals
		
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			and organizations
		
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			to engage in this vital work. In just
		
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			under 4 years, we have trained over 40,000
		
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			people and defended and shared Islam
		
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			to millions around the world. Now
		
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			is the time to take this dua
		
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			to the next level.
		
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			We aim to double our efforts and we
		
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			need you to donate this unique,
		
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			important,
		
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			rewardable
		
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			and transformative work. Alhamdulillah.
		
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			So far in this blessed month,
		
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			we have had over 1,250
		
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			people become defenders
		
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			and our target is 2,000.
		
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			Become one of the defenders.
		
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			per month to help us continue and expand
		
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			written by me. Loving the most loving,
		
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			7 reasons why Allah is worthy of our
		
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			utmost love.