The Quest for Unity: And Other Selected Works
IHRC Press is delighted to announce the publication of the first of its titles, The Quest for Unity and other selected works by South African activist and cleric, Imam Achmad Cassiem.
Cassiem is a veteran anti-apartheid activist who was imprisoned on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela for two terms, the first of which when he was only seventeen years old. An active member of the Pan African Congress, Cassiem headed Qibla, the Islamic movement that fought apartheid with the many comrades of different movements. In this republishing of some his key works, published towards the end of the apartheid era, both his concerns for the dismantling of apartheid and the unity of humankind as exemplified through Muslim unity are expressed, using Islamic teachings and Qurâanic revelation.
In the main work, âQuest for Unityâ he lambasts the continuing divides amongst Muslims that see them, in his opinion, ally themselves with oppression, through disregard for Qurâanic injunctions to unite. Through the command for unity, Cassiem discusses the concept of justice and a just social order. In âRamadhan: The Month of High Intensity Trainingâ Cassiem provides not only access to certain regular supplications and their meaning, but also explains how changing oneself is the first and crucial step on the road to changing the world.
In âThe Intellectual Roots of the Oppressed: Islamâs Triumph Over Apartheidâ Cassiem argues that the end of the apartheid era is near and cites Islam as the âlost propertyâ of the Azanians and all oppressed peoples, drawing on his explanation of Islamic justice.
In âIslamâs Triumph Over Apartheidâ Cassiem expands on the idea of Ummah. His explanation of the concept centres the Islamic community at the heart of the ongoing struggles against oppression in its many forms including racism, nationalism and dehumanisation.
This book is interesting for many different audiences: from the transnational activist, to the historian of the anti-apartheid struggle and other liberation struggles.
With struggles for liberation still ongoing around the world, Cassiem provides some context for Islamic activism within all of them.
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IHRC Press is delighted to announce the publication of the first of its titles, The Quest for Unity and other selected works by South African activist and cleric, Imam Achmad Cassiem.
Cassiem is a veteran anti-apartheid activist who was imprisoned on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela for two terms, the first of which when he was only seventeen years old. An active member of the Pan African Congress, Cassiem headed Qibla, the Islamic movement that fought apartheid with the many comrades of different movements. In this republishing of some his key works, published towards the end of the apartheid era, both his concerns for the dismantling of apartheid and the unity of humankind as exemplified through Muslim unity are expressed, using Islamic teachings and Qurâanic revelation.
In the main work, âQuest for Unityâ he lambasts the continuing divides amongst Muslims that see them, in his opinion, ally themselves with oppression, through disregard for Qurâanic injunctions to unite. Through the command for unity, Cassiem discusses the concept of justice and a just social order. In âRamadhan: The Month of High Intensity Trainingâ Cassiem provides not only access to certain regular supplications and their meaning, but also explains how changing oneself is the first and crucial step on the road to changing the world.
In âThe Intellectual Roots of the Oppressed: Islamâs Triumph Over Apartheidâ Cassiem argues that the end of the apartheid era is near and cites Islam as the âlost propertyâ of the Azanians and all oppressed peoples, drawing on his explanation of Islamic justice.
In âIslamâs Triumph Over Apartheidâ Cassiem expands on the idea of Ummah. His explanation of the concept centres the Islamic community at the heart of the ongoing struggles against oppression in its many forms including racism, nationalism and dehumanisation.
This book is interesting for many different audiences: from the transnational activist, to the historian of the anti-apartheid struggle and other liberation struggles.
With struggles for liberation still ongoing around the world, Cassiem provides some context for Islamic activism within all of them.
