Following on from our previous question to ChatGPT 4.0 - where we asked what could occur if a major oil producer such as Saudi Arabia mandated gold to be used to purchase oil rather than the dollar. Building on that scenario - we then asked what could occur if Saudi Arabic also replaced its current … Continue reading Implications of Selling Oil for Gold (2/3)
Implications of Selling Oil for Gold (1/3)
Shifting oil sales from the Petrodollar to gold would drastically alter global financial dynamics. Nations would accumulate gold instead of US dollars, possibly devaluing the dollar and boosting gold demand and price volatility. This could challenge US economic hegemony and introduce global economic uncertainty. There might be a push towards a new gold-based trade standard, affecting trade balances, monetary policies, and potentially leading to more stable but expensive oil prices. International trade agreements would likely need renegotiation to adapt to these changes.
Statement from British Muslim Scholars on Gaza
We address also the wider Muslim leadership across the world and join the multitudes of honourable and upright scholars from across the Muslim world in emphasising that it is an obligation on Muslim governments to deploy their militaries to intervene in this conflict to restore peace and ensure a just outcome for the Palestinian people.
لا تبك من أجل غزة –بل ابك على نفسك
تقديم الصدقات والعمل لزيادة الوعي على الجرائم الصهيونية - هذه كلها أفعال يجب أن نقوم بها في هذا الوقت للمساعدة في التخفيف الفوري للأزمة بأي وسيلة فعالة. ولكن هذه كلها ليست كافية
Don’t cry for Gaza – save your tears for yourself
The ongoing oppression of Muslims worldwide, particularly in Gaza, requires urgent action beyond temporary solutions. True liberation necessitates rejecting nationalism for a unified Islamic polity.
The Duty of Islamic Governments in the face of the Zionist invasion of Gaza:
Jihad and support in Palestine is a religious duty and an Islamic and humanitarian responsibility. Silence in the face of aggression, and the closest regimes and armies not moving to repel it, is religiously prohibited. Abandoning Gaza, Al-Aqsa, Jerusalem, and Palestine to extermination and destruction is a betrayal of God, His Messenger, and the believers. It is among the greatest sins and offenses in the eyes of Allah.
Gaza – A call from 2008
This article was written by Kuwaiti scholar Hamed bin Abdullah Al-Ali during the Gaza massacre of 2008-9, during which approximately 1,500 Palestinians were killed over a period of 3 weeks which involved a ground invasion by the occupying army. "Praise be to Allah, the One who said in the clear revelation: 'And if they seek … Continue reading Gaza – A call from 2008
The Caliphate and Absent Authority
(The following is the introduction to a forthcoming essay to be published in a collected volume of essays on the consequences of the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate) By the time of the formal abolition of the caliphate in 1924, the final caliph Abdulmejid II was a mere figurehead unable to exert any power or … Continue reading The Caliphate and Absent Authority
The Weighty Burden of Responsibility
Hadith 13 You are eager for leadership and it is truly a regret and a sorrow on the Day of Judgement, what a good wet nurse and what an evil weanerإِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الإِمَارَةِ وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَسْرَةً وَنَدَامَةً فَنِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ(Bukhari) Hadith 14 O Abu Dharr, you are weak, and it is … Continue reading The Weighty Burden of Responsibility
Positions of Ruling are not to be chased
Hadith 12 Abu Musa narrated – I entered upon the Messenger of Allah with two men from the bani umaay,so one of the two men said – O Messenger of Allah appoint me over some of that which Allah made you responsible for, and the other man also said something similar So the Prophet replied … Continue reading Positions of Ruling are not to be chased