Unscripted #33 | Election’s over, what now?? | Imam Shakeel Begg & Azad Ali
Join us this week on our Unscripted Podcast #33 with Imam Shakeel Begg and Azad Ali
Unscripted #18 | Veteran Imam Shakeel Begg opens up
Join us this week on our Unscripted podcast with Imam Shakeel Begg
Remembering Darcus Howe & Ahmed Kathrada
Lewisham Mosque's Imam Shakeel Begg reflects on the lives of Ahmed Kathrada, a contemporary of Nelson Mandela, and Darcus Howe, a leading activist during the Black Panther Movement, and highlights the duty of a Muslim in standing up to injustice, oppression and racism.
Life as an Imām in the United Kingdom
Life as an Imām in the United Kingdom Growing up in south London, becoming a member of a gang was something many youngsters had fallen prey to, and I myself could easily have fallen victim to this lifestyle. However what I could never have envisaged was that later on in life, I would help mediate between two notorious rival gangs, let alone become an Imām. After returning from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1996 where I conducted my studies, I found a job in an Islamic bookshop in south London. In November 1998 I was offered a position as…