History

Dr Uthman Lateef's reflections from his recent trip to Auschwitz...

On this day 86 years ago (16th September 1931) Omar Mukhtar (rahimahullāh) at the age of 73, was executed and hanged to martyrdom by Italian colonial forces. Omar Mukhtar was born in the year 1858 in an impoverished household in the region ...

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 ...

The Response of the Sacrificed Son Ibrāhīm (ʿalayhi al-Salām) is the father of the Prophets, the leader of the monotheistic way, the intimate friend of Allāh and the father of the Imāms of mankind. He lived a life of struggle, ...

In a few days, pilgrims from all around the world will be making their way to Mecca in order to fulfil their fifth pillar of Islam – Hajj – a pillar that has countless objectives and today I will be ...

It is an undeniable fact that the institution of the Caliphate played a central role throughout Islamic history from the death of the Prophet Muhammad (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) in 632CE to the abolishment of the Ottoman Empire on ...

On this 14th of August, whilst one Muslim nation celebrates its supposed independence from colonial subjugation, Muslims of the world cannot help but remember another Muslim nation's cry for their own independence from subjugation. Ahmed Hammuda recounts one of the bloodiest massacres of unarmed protesters in recent world history, whose perpetrators are still at large... Never forget their sacrifice

Powerful and sustained propaganda has replaced ‘al-Haram al-Sharif’ or ‘al-Aqsa’ in public discourse with the phrase ‘Temple Mount’. But what is it, and does it really exist?

Why has man sought to preserve the memory of certain individuals by forging their image in stone?

In the name of Allah, all praise is for Allah, and may His peace and blessings be upon His final Messenger Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam). A Pew Research Center survey of more than 38,000 Muslims around the world shows widespread observance ...