Obituary

It is with deep sadness that we inform our readers that the internationally respected scholar of tafsīr (Qur’anic exegesis), Shaykh Mohammed ʻAli al-Ṣābūnī, has passed to meet his Lord (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), may Allāh have mercy upon him.

It is with deep sadness that we inform our readers that the chief Turkish scholar of Islamic law and hadith sciences, Sheikh Muhammed Emin Saraç, has passed to meet his Lord (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), may Allāh have mercy upon him.

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Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhī rājiʿūn... Islam21c would like to express condolences to the family, students and community of the renowned scholar and leader, Muḥaddith al-ʿAṣr Shaykh al-Ḥadīth Mawlānā Muḥammad Yūnus Jownpūrī.

Dear All, The father of our Chief Editor Dr. Salman Butt passed away last night in hospital after a period of illness. We ask Allah to shower His mercy upon Abdul Majid Butt and to admit him to His Jannat al-Firdaws. ...

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.

In the early hours of Wednesday 8th December 2016, corresponding to the 8th  Rabi al-Awwal 1438, the Islamabad-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 crashed in the Havelian area, 70km north of Islamabad. All 48 people on board were killed. ...

On Friday 11 Safar 1438, which coincides with 11th November 2016, the Muslim Ummah lost one of its unique Islamic scholars and thinkers. Sheikh Muḥammad Surur b. Nayif Zayn al-ʿAbidīn, may Allāh shower him with His immense mercy, passed away ...