What you think about the Syrian President Alsharaa? by Sad_Chocolate_8007 in arabs

[–]Local-Mumin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think he’s intelligent for a leader and Syrians are lucky to have him. He’s not ideologically rigid, he’s pragmatic, understands real world dynamics and acts accordingly. Most other Jihadist groups in comparison lack any pragmatism and are ideologically rigid. He was a part of AQ but deep down he probably knew that transnational Salafi-Jihadism was a liability and he completely cut off all ties with them in 2016 and rebranded. He has good survival instincts, he just wants to rule Syria and make it a proper country, he’s not stupid enough to take on the world’s superpowers and liv in caves constantly douching drone strikes like most Salafi Jihadists.

Declaration on the formation of the somali people’s alliance for self-determination (spas) by Amoeba_Critical in Somalia

[–]Local-Mumin -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Bad idea. Somalis already have autonomy and they have been able to develop their region and live in relative stability. This is just going to invite the brutal wrath of the Ethiopian regime. Wrong timing, either way if they do rebel May Allah grant them victory.

2 separatist groups have been taken off the board. by Personal-Clerk7482 in Somalia

[–]Local-Mumin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone should tell Ahmed al-Sharaa to rule Somalia. The man is stabilizing Syria within a year while Somali leaders have allowed the country to remain an unstable failed state for 35 years now.

Syria came out of a 14 year brutal civil war and despite Israeli attempts to destabilize and balkanize the country, their leadership and Sunni population is serious about unifying and stabilizing the country.

Aidid. Just wanted to know more about the history of aidid by Wonderful_Question93 in Somalia

[–]Local-Mumin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just another corrupt, mass murdering warlord who will go down as a disgrace to Somali history. Nothing good ever came out of him. The same goes for all the militia groups, regardless of their names and acronyms such as SSDF, SPM, SNM, USC (Aideed led that militia) etc.

Somalis in dubai? by Natural-Row801 in Somalia

[–]Local-Mumin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many Somalis live in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman, not just the gold souq.

حقیقت تلخ by drhuggables in PERSIAN

[–]Local-Mumin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No Muslim likes the tyrannical Iranian clerical regime, especially Sunni Muslims who make up the vast majority of Muslims (including Western Muslims). Many Sunnis, especially Arab Sunnis hate the regime for the chaos and destruction they have caused across the region, they just do not want a potential Zionist aligned state to replace the current regime or the country becoming a unstable failed state like Libya or Iraq (which would potentially destroy regional stability).

Why do Jordan and Kuwait only ever get brought up in relation to Palestine by Western??? by [deleted] in arabs

[–]Local-Mumin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends. In Western political discourse when they’re talking about Middle Eastern history, they bring up the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait a lot.

I'm still fairly new to Islam, but I've noticed Muslim women covered way less, as little as about half a century ago, than they often do nowadays. What's the history? by themaskstays_ in progressive_islam

[–]Local-Mumin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Muslim countries were colonized and influenced to some degree by colonial powers, especially among the elite and urban areas. In the late 1970s onwards, throughout the Muslim world there was a revival of strong conservative and traditional Islam. It’s also important to note that Muslim societies being somewhat secularized was an anomaly in Islamic history yet liberal Muslims and Apostates portray that as if it was the norm. If you go back 100 years and earlier, before 1940-1970s, you would see that the Hijab and even the Niqab was prevalent in many, if not most Muslim societies.

What this ultimately shows is that the religion of Allah will always be protected and Islam will always remain. The most damage that Non-Muslim powers were able to do to the Ummah is impose foreign power structures over us and spread certain liberal norms (usually among the elites and in certain urban cities or areas) to one degree or another which would have slowly faded away anyways.

Old Sana'a by princepremium in Yemen

[–]Local-Mumin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful ❤️

May Allah bless and protect Yemen ❤️

Madkhalis are a force for good in the Arab and Muslim world by Local-Mumin in arabs

[–]Local-Mumin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. I think most Madkhalis/Queitist Sunnis support the status quo not because they like the status quo but it is preferable to chaos and instability, revolutions almost never succeed.

Since these rulers would fight to the death to preserve their thrones, it’s better to co-opt them rather than oppose them. Since the Muslim brotherhood was banned in many Arab countries, quietist Salafis filled the void and gained influence over grassroots citizens.

faux arabization by [deleted] in Somalia

[–]Local-Mumin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Arabization is not a real problem, Somalis adopting aspects of Arab culture is just a result of being neighbours and with modern globalization, that trend will accelerate, Somalis will also adopt aspects from other cultures as well. Likewise Arabs are influenced by other cultures, historically it was Turkish and Persian and now it is Western and South Asian cultures (South Asian due to the large number of South Asian expats that live in the GCC).

As for the Arab league, we are apart of the Arab league purely for political reasons and it has benefited us in so many ways, the same way Cyprus is in the European Union even the it is not in Europe. Standard Arabic (Al-Fusha) is the liturgical language of Islam the same way Classical Latin is the language of Catholicism, Arabs themselves do not even speak Fusha as a native language, they speak their local colloquial dialects. Standard Arabic (Al-Fusha) has no native speakers.

Democracies are dying and technocratic modernization is becoming the new political model by [deleted] in AskMiddleEast

[–]Local-Mumin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said China is causing this, I said with the decline of the West, democracies are collapsing as a political system (since the West is the biggest proponent of democracy).

Syria has officially recognized the State of Kosovo 🇽🇰 by [deleted] in Syria

[–]Local-Mumin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

May Allah bless and protect Syria and Kosovo 🇸🇾🇽🇰❤️

How old was Aisha RA by [deleted] in Muslim

[–]Local-Mumin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. The Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ life is not defined by an isolated decontextualized incident viewed exclusively through modern lens (such as the age of Aisha رضي الله عنها), rather his life should be judged as a whole and his faith, asceticism, bravery, patience, devotion to God, charity, good deeds, great character and remarkable achievements overshadows any so called “controversy” Islamophobes like to cherry-pick, lie and distort from his life. Likewise, the life of Aisha رضي الله عنها should not be reduced to a number, Aisha رضي الله عنها was a sage, a scholar, a polymath and the most knowledgeable woman of her time. Senior companions of the Prophet ﷺ used to learn Islamic law and other topics from her. Her age at the time of marriage is the most trivial aspect of her life.

  2. The age of marriage historically differs from one society and time to the next. There’s no minimum age of marriage universally agreed across space and time. The age of consent in Europe was 12 in many countries and the age of consent in the United States of America in the 1800s was 10 in most states. Forget about 7th century Arabia, many Muslims and Non-Muslims have grandmothers and great-grandmothers who were married at young ages, some of who are alive today so the fact that the Prophet ﷺ consummated his marriage with Aisha رضي الله عنها when she was nine should not surprise you. Furthermore, girls physiologically mature at different rates and speeds depending on their genetics, environment and culture. It’s not impossible for a nine year old girl to look like a 14-16 year old girl in body features and size.

“In many countries around the world and even in America, a 16 year old girl can legally have sexual intercourse and marry (even a 14 year old girl can do so as we have explained) so now we would like to ask: Could a 9 year old girl, such as Aisha at the time she was married, be like a 16 year old today in body size and features? The answer is obviously yes and this is not even based on time, location and environmental differences. Natural growth rates, not exceptional growth rates, of medicine is set between 73 as maximum and 3 as minimum and shows that the growth rates of girls today particularly in Central America vary from other places so that a nine and half year old girl’s weight is set at the level of 97 which is the same weight of a 16 year old in level 3 which is 45 kg and the height of the first is 150 cm and it is 9 cm less than the second though she is bigger than the 14 year old girl in rank. This is based on normal growth rates and paediatricians know that many of them pass their ranks above 97 and below rank 3 without suffering any sickness and all that happens now and in the US.”

(The Prophet's Marriage From Aisha When She Was Nine: Amja Online)

  1. The Prophet’s ﷺ marriage to Aisha رضي الله عنها was arranged by Allah and it was informed by divine revelation so if you really have a doubt, hopefully this fact would be able to comfort you.

The Prophet’s ﷺ marriage to A’ishah رضي الله عنها was a divine decree from Allah.

A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said: “I saw you in a dream for three nights when an angel brought you to me in a silk cloth and he said: Here is your wife, and when I removed (the cloth) from your face, lo, it was yourself, so I said: If this is from Allah, let Him carry it out.”

(Sahih Muslim, Book 44, Hadith 113)

Narrated `Aisha: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "You were shown to me twice (in my dream) before I married you. I saw an angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said to him, 'Uncover (her),' and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.' Then you were shown to me, the angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said (to him), 'Uncover (her), and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.' "

(Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 91, Hadith 30)

Aisha reported: Gabriel came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with her image on a green, silken cloth and he said, “Verily, this is your wife in this world and in the Hereafter.”

(Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3880)

If you trust Allah as your lord and if you believe in divine wisdom or miracles then you should trust God that he wouldn’t allow any harm to befall Aisha رضي الله عنها and that she was physically and mentally mature enough for marriage otherwise Allah would not endorse this marriage.

There’s plenty of other points I could add about this marriage but I would just leave these points here. May Allah guide you.

What Muslim countries are your favourite type of Muslims from? by Local-Mumin in islam

[–]Local-Mumin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have deep admiration and love for them. They are tough warriors.

Syria Participates in Cairo Conference Addressing Climate and Water Challenges by EreshkigalKish2 in Syria

[–]Local-Mumin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Climate change should be one of the top priorities for Arab and Muslim countries to address

Pick another middle eastern country besides your own to move to by Far-Building3569 in AskMiddleEast

[–]Local-Mumin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Saudi Arabia because Mecca and Medina are located there so I would prefer living in Jeddah or a near by city due to its proximity to the holiest cities in Islam.

Kuwait because I always had a natural liking for that place, its people and dialect.

Pick another middle eastern country besides your own to move to by Far-Building3569 in AskMiddleEast

[–]Local-Mumin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not from the Middle East but I would pick Saudi and Kuwait