Habib Kazim al-Saqqaff "The Essence of Religion" // August 2009 // Radical Middle Way

In times of crisis and strife, no one really wants to be a "moderate". Frankly, for most of us "moderate" is a bad word - politically loaded and usually aimed at people who don't seem to have any backbone. But the Qur'an explicitly talks about the "middle way", of believers being a people "justly balanced". How do we separate the two? In this incisive iKhutbah, Habib Kazim al-Saqqaf, gets straight to the point. He explores the concept of middle way through the lens of spirituality and practice and concludes that it is the very essence of Islam.