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the Ottoman Empire

Cited in 6 segments across 5 recordings · 2019 to 2022 · org/org:ottoman-empire

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19 Aug 2022video What does the Mufti think of Ibn Taymiyya and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab? Mufti Abu Layth says Ibn Taymiyya's contribution is mainly to the Salafis and that Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's misplaced zeal did great harm, while stressing that all scholars are human and make mistakes. Lessonposition checkedIbn Hajar al-AsqalaniIbn TaymiyyaMuhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhabal-Suyuti machine5 min 14 s1:42:10on YouTube
16 Jul 2020video Were the Ottomans the representatives of Islam? No, he says: the Ottoman Empire was a dynasty that happened to be Muslim, practised mandatory fratricide and styled its sultans 'Caesar of Rome', and never claimed to be a symbol of Islam. The romantic image is a later invention. Lessonposition checkedthe Ottoman EmpireSultan Mehmed al-FatihHanbali scholars [?]fatwa machine2 min 35 s13:13on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Were the Ottomans representatives of Islam? The Ottoman Empire was a dynasty that happened to be Muslim, never a symbol of Islam; the romantic image is a later invention. Lessonposition checkedthe Ottoman EmpireSultan Mehmed al-FatihHanbali scholars [?]fatwa machine2 min 33 s1:27:33on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran predict that modern industrial society will collapse? The guest reads Quran 10:24 as a warning that oil-based modern life will collapse; Mufti Abu Layth expects human knowledge to find new energy. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochQuran 10:24Ottoman Empire machine2 min 30 s50:17on YouTube
10 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is humanity better off today than ever before? Mufti Abu Layth argues that humanity lives in unmatched prosperity built on trust in the future; the guest doubts people have become any less greedy. Discussionguest speechShaykh Omar BalochSamuel HuntingtonFrancis FukuyamaHenry Kissinger machine5 min 44 s52:47on YouTube
19 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Why are Indo-Pak Muslims adopting Gulf Arab culture? Mufti Abu Layth dislikes the push to Arabise Indo-Pak Islam, from Gulf dress to saying Allah Hafiz, feeling it is political and that culture should be natural, not imposed. Lessonposition checkedthe Mughal EmpireJalal al-Din Akbarthe Ottomansthe Umayyads machine5 min 34 s0:00on YouTube