The Ummah at inception, a community that could easily fit in the palm of Medina, was an entirely different creature than the Ummah today, a burgeoning population of nearly two billion. Although we are “one body,” we must recognize each of the “limbs” as truly independent bodies in their own right; only when we understand each geographic unit of the Ummah as distinct, can we begin to intelligently attend to the needs of each limb.
