Toward an Empowered Ummah
Tamkeen is a call to reclaim the integrity of Prophetic politics for the Muslim individual and collective. Tamkeen aims to fortify and mobilize the Muslim community as we navigate our ummah’s social, political, and economic realities via our Islamic worldview. To this end, Tamkeen’s mission is to uplift the Muslim community through education and social organization. It is our firm belief that the nurturing of proactive Muslim communities, grounded in Islamic consciousness and unified in action, inherently gives rise to an empowered ummah.
Beyond Reactionary Politics
Power responds to power. Our Islamic ethos calls us to not only confront the ills of society, but be principled actors of change. Tamkeen is a transformative project that seeks to cultivate a community of dedicated Muslims thinkers, who use Islam as their reference point in stewarding creation. Our vision is to provide Muslims the necessary toolkit to unapologetically challenge the plethora of ideological maladies operating around and within us, whether they be: colonialism, racism, capitalism, or secularism. The building of strong individuals and communities, unwavering and uncompromising in their Islamic commitment to justice is of the utmost importance. Tamkeen seeks to harness the power inherent in the veracity of our deen and the dignity of our cause for the betterment of humanity at large.
What Makes Tamkeen Unique?
Islam affirms the inextricable link between individual spiritual commitment and social upliftment. In alignment with the necessity to internalize the moral imperatives of both private and public spheres, Tamkeen addresses both. Gone are the days of tokenization and the compromising of our values for the sake of flawed political representation. Our focus is to put ‘Islam’ back in our Islamic activism through education and mentorship.
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وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌۭ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
“Let there be a group among you who call ˹others˺ to goodness, encourage what is good, and forbid what is evil—it is they who will be successful” [Qur’an, 3:104].