Author Archives: Ashraf Dabous

Ustādh Ashraf is Deputy Imam at Lewisham Islamic Centre. He studied at the Islamic University of Madinah where he obtained a Diploma in Arabic Language and a Bachelors Degree from the Faculty of Daʿwah and Usūl al-Dīn. He also studied Hanbali Fiqh and Hanafi Fiqh as well as other sciences privately under various teachers. He is currently pursuing an M.A in Islamic studies at The Muslim College, Ealing.

Crisis of Social Media & Muslim Leadership

Ashraf Dabous 06/07/2020 Current Affairs, Featured, Islamic Thought, Opinion, Propagation 2 Comments

Is a failure in leadership to blame for the rise of social media Islam?

An Open Letter to my Brothers on Road

Ashraf Dabous 09/04/2019 Featured, Islamic Thought, Latest Islamic, Latest Posts, Propagation Leave a comment

She stayed awake with you as a baby and guarded over your life. Now, she stays awake because she fears the next young man to bleed out on the pavements or in the back of an ambulance will be you.

The Aqsa I Saw

Ashraf Dabous 04/12/2018 Featured, History, Islamic Thought, Latest Islamic, Middle East, Non-News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Propagation, Spirituality 1 Comment

Allāh The Exalted blessed me with an ascension up into and through the skies, to the blessed land of al-Quds...

Islam: A Manifesto of Liberation

Ashraf Dabous 11/10/2018 Featured, Islamic Thought, Latest Islamic, Non-News, Opinion, Politics, Propagation, Scripture Leave a comment

"No one is truly free unless he devotes himself totally to God, liberating himself from servitude to anyone, anything, or any value." Sayyid Qutb

Prison, Torture, Death… Enter Paradise

Ashraf Dabous 17/09/2018 Featured, Islamic Thought, Latest Islamic, Opinion, Politics, Propagation, Spirituality Leave a comment

With the current global trend of persecuting scholars who refuse to sway on issues of Islām and moral justice, Imam Ashraf Dabous re-aligns our focus with some of the messages and promises found within the Qur’ān...

What I learnt from Arsene Wenger

Ashraf Dabous 26/04/2018 Current Affairs, Featured, Islamic Thought, Management, Opinion, Propagation 2 Comments

Imam Ashraf Dabous on what today's Muslims can learn from the career of one of football's most famous figures, Arsene Wenger

How Can We Save Ghouta?

Ashraf Dabous 26/02/2018 Featured, Islamic Thought, Latest Islamic, Opinion, Propagation, Spirituality Leave a comment

To #SaveGhouta needs a united ummah, writes Imam Ashraf Dabous

Lessons Learnt as a New Imam

Ashraf Dabous 05/02/2018 Education, Featured, Islamic Thought, Latest Islamic, Management, Non-News, Opinion, Propagation, Spirituality Leave a comment

"People are not in need of a beautiful voice in their community; they are in need of a person who can connect them to the words being recited."

The Liberation of al-Quds (Jerusalem) Requires Unity

Ashraf Dabous 10/12/2017 Education, Featured, Islamic Thought, Latest Islamic, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Propagation, Spirituality, Theology Leave a comment

"We should take the events taking place in al-Quds to be a milestone, a time in which we assess ourselves and change ourselves as individuals in order to move forward as a collective..."