(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Mudir of Markaz Islamic and Arabic Institute, Lagos, Sheik Habeebullah Adam, has urged Muslims to use the flexibility of the religion to overcome contemporary challenges facing them.Sheikh Adam speaking at the 25th NTA/MKO Abiola Ramadan lecture held at Tejuoso, Lagos, said terrorism and other forms of violence being exhibited by Boko Haram are not Islamic.Adam who spoke on Islam and Contemporary Challenges said those who kill in the name of religion are uninformed.“Islam abhors terrorism because the same religion has taught us life is sacred. But it is regrettable that some Muslims take pride in terrorism. Islam has taught us that if a soul is killed, more than one soul has been killed and if a soul is saved, more than one soul has been saved,” he said.“Muslims should concern themselves with scientific discoveries such as going to the moon, making vehicles, going to the space. Some of us ignore acquisition of knowledge under the pretext that they want to go heaven.”Regretting that Muslims were not rising to modern challenges, he urged them to embrace knowledge irrespective of wherever it is coming from as long as it would be beneficial to mankind and does not antagonise their religion. “Those who acquire knowledge are not even using it. If you go to all sectors, how many Muslims do we have there? Does it mean that there are no knowledgeable Muslims? Boko Haram is not Jihad. Rather it is bringing Islam backward,” he added.He enjoined women to give their female children sound moral education, saying that religion without morality is a nullity.“I urge our women to give their children, especially the females, moral rectitude so that they can be good wives and build their homes. Religion and morality must blend. But sometimes, we misconstrue the teachings of our religion.“Islam is not stagnant. It is not retrogressive. Rather it is progressive and flexible and it should be practiced as such. If we use the flexibility of our religion very well, we will overcome all contemporary challenges,” he said.Recalling that all religions and prophets had at one time or the other faced various challenges, Adam, a member of the Al-Azar Academy for Islamic Research, Cairo, said it was appalling that some Muslims take pride in terrorism when it is evident that their religion places much emphasis on sanctity of life./129
source : Nation Newspaper
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8 August 2011
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“Those who acquire knowledge are not even using it. If you go to all sectors, how many Muslims do we have there? Does it mean that there are no knowledgeable Muslims? Boko Haram is not Jihad. Rather it is bringing Islam backward,” he added.