﷽ As Muslims, we know that we cannot afford to follow along with whatever the people are doing—we have a clear guidance before us, alhamdulillah; a set of principles by which we measure everything we do. "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" —Qur’an (az-Zumar) 39:9 Once we understand the nature of memes and what’s involved in them, the rulings attached to...
Selective Iconoclasm
This post was written in response to a thread on Reddit which railed against the idols that were destroyed in Afghanistan. Iconoclasm For Me, But Not For Thee Most of the comments on the post are bemoaning the loss of "great heritage" and how savage, unlearned and terrible it is that the terrorists destroyed the idols in their own lands. Me, reading this—I’m bewildered. Any ruling...