Be Inspired by this Jerusalem Prophecy
Z A Rahman weaves together the past, present and future of al-Quds (Jerusalem)
In Defence of Fahreddin Pasha, the “Defender of Madinah”
Z A Rahman brings some historical background to the recent smearing of Fahreddin Pasha by UAE's foreign minister...
When the Muslims of Burma were free
The Rohingya Muslims are predominantly from the region in Myanmar, Burma, called Arakan. It is also known as the Rakhine State which has exerted considerable political and cultural influence on the Southern and South-Eastern parts of Bangladesh from the early medieval times. A long mountain range separates the rest of Burma from Arakan which is bounded by the bay of Bengal. It is in this region that a group of Muslims trace their history back to the 8th century when their ancestors from Arabia were allowed to settle in Southern Arakan by King Maha Taing Chandra (788-810). The Arakan region…
Indian Revolt 1857: the role of the Ulama 160 years on
Z A Rahman ponders over the difference: the revolt led by the Ulama of India in May 1857 & the Ulama of CVE in 2017...
Portland Heroes stabbed whilst defending Muslim girls from Islamophobe
The killer was heard saying: "Muslims should die!" But these non-Muslim men died protecting a Muslim teen from him....
Trump’s Saudi Adventure: a Lesson from the Sīrah
The spectacle of Trump's visit to "the heart of Islam" reminded Z A Rahman of a particular story from the Prophetic Sīrah...
CAGE Director charged under Schedule 7, Terrorism Act. What does this mean for British Muslims?
Brother Muhammad Rabbani, International Director of advocacy group CAGE UK has been charged after heroically refusing to disclose his password under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act. He was released on bail and is set to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on the 20th June 2017. CAGE are an advocacy organisation whose stated aim is to highlight and campaign against state policies developed as part of the War on Terror and seeks to free detainees who are held without charge and tortured. On 20 November 2016, Muhammad Rabbani was stopped at Heathrow Airport when returning from his travels from abroad under the auspices…
St George: more like a “radical Islamist” than an English nationalist!
In a delightful irony, if he were alive today the far right groups in the UK venerating him as a saint would reject him, call him a foreigner, and tell him to go back to his own country...
Last remaining companion of Omar Mukhtar dies at 112
Abdul-Razaq al-Motarabiah Jilkhaf, the last surviving companion of the Libyan resistance leader Omar al-Mukhtar, who fought against Italian fascist colonists, died last Sunday, 26 February 2017 at the age of 112 (rahimahullāh). Omar Mukhtar etched his name in the annals of history when he valiantly defended his people, their property and honour by waging the noble concept of Jihād against the brute of European colonialism. It is reported that our hero Omar earned his nickname as Asad al-Sahara' – ‘Lion of the Desert’ – during his caravan trails to Sudan as a young man. Such a journey was fraught with dangers not least of it being on the route of a fearsome lion. On one such journey, Omar decided…
The Muslim History Behind “Assassin’s Creed”
The Spanish Inquisition The new Assassin's Creed movie is an adaptation of the popular video game. The movie is set in a fictional version of real-world events – the real world events being the Spanish inquisition that followed the end of the Muslim rule of Spain in 1492. The film does poke a rude finger into the current discourse about the War on Terror – the good guys in this film draw their ancestry from the Muslim side of the ideological divide who are known as the Assassins, and the villains are the ones backed by the Vatican and the…