An address or public prayer (on Friday) read from the steps of the pulpit in mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed (pbuh) and his descendants.
FIVE YEARS ON – BRITISH MUSLIMS SPEAK OUT ON IMPACT OF JULY 7 BOMBINGS
British Muslims give condolences, and provide findings for future resilience
Our first thoughts and prayers are for those remembering loved ones and friends lost or injured in the 7 July 2005 London bombings. This was the worst act of domestic terrorism Britain has ever experienced. The shock of finding that the perpetrators were young apparently well integrated British Muslims has caused many to question the role of Muslims in the UK.
I hope that we will depart, once and for all from the style of something aching and paining and agonizing Muslims, than they go to the mosque, to hear a talk about a ritual or about a dress code or about something that is really. Not what is agonizing them in their hearts and occupying their minds. So this is a step forward and the reason is we consider that the scope of Islam goes beyond the issue of rituals or identity or declarations. The scope of Islam includes life and one of the very central core issues of Islam, is justice. So as a Muslim, you cannot, you should not, escape the fact that it is your duty to deal with injustice whenever it happens and wherever it might be.
Download the khutbah template that can be used as a model to prepare Friday sermons or halaqahs about Aafia Siddiqui. In particular, we urge khateebs to dedicate the sermon on Friday 26th March 2010 to Aafia.
Jumuah Khutbah delivered on the 29th January 2010 by Ahsan Hanif at Green Lane Masjid, Birmingham UK, in English, on the topic of the frequent crying of the Prophet Muhammad (S).
