Siraj Wahhaj – State of the Ummah (1993)

About this lecture

In this 1993 lecture delivered in Toronto, Imam Siraj Wahhaj diagnoses the Muslim Ummah's greatest crisis as a lack of self-confidence — what he calls an "Imagined Ugliness Disorder" — drawing powerful parallels to the African-American civil rights struggle and lessons from the Quran and Sunnah. He calls on Muslims to return to obedience to Allah, trust in His promise that He will not change the condition of a people until they change themselves, and take bold, practical action in their communities. A timeless and motivating call to spiritual and communal revival.