Analysis

The Puff Culture. Is it really harmful?

Sameer Mallick 18 Min Read

Introduction Over the course of the last decade, there has been a remarkable surge in the prevalence of shisha smoking, particularly amongst the younger generation. This popularity has been fuelled in part

Manhunt: Comparing the Pursuits of Osama Bin Laden and Ratko Mladic

Fahad Ansari 15 Min Read

May 2011 will forever be remembered as the month in which the man deemed responsible for the deaths and suffering of thousands of innocents was assassinated in front of his family by

Zam Zam – Holy or Poisonous?

Sameer Mallick 17 Min Read

The BBC has recently highlighted concerns surrounding Zam Zam water that it is contaminated with harmful elements. In an undercover investigation, they exposed the illegal selling of Zam Zam water in Islamic

The Sisyphean Task of Rights and Wrongs

Karima Hamdan 22 Min Read

Whenever "women’s rights" and "Islam" or "Muslims" are mentioned in the same sentence, one must resist the almost overwhelming desire to run shrieking from the room in a desperate attempt to avoid

Ibn Taymiyyah and Doctrinal Differences

Ahmed Ali 3 Min Read

In urban societies people who observe various theological traditions (under the broad umbrella of Ahlussunnah) can be brought together, a phenomenon that often leads to dogmatic disputes with one another. Habitually, these

Darwin’s Displacement of Religion or Grounds for a New Religious Experience

Syed Haider 2 Min Read

What this paper will propose is that, pace Freud, science over time evolved into a type of creed itself in which Darwin's theory (which Freud held in esteem) became a totalising factor.