Opinion

In this instalment, Ahmed Hammuda describes how scholars of the past not only curtailed the political establishment but empowered society to morally ‘punish’ it should it lose sight of justice.

"Turning forty is a special transition for me", writes Ruzi Khatun. Here is some advice she wished she received in her twenties...

Never has a collection of voices been so powerful, authentic and woefully overdue as this. We have all lived this story.

"We are not in charge of the outcome," writes Dr Salman Butt, "but our main concern should be doing whatever is in our ability and our sphere of influence, so that we may have an excuse before Allāh..."

Between politicised religious institutions and tempting salaries, how did Islam’s scholars maintain their independence?

In today's podcast we have a special opportunity with Sh Yasir Qadhi and Arslan Hidayat enlightening us on what is really happening, and more importantly, what WE can do to fulfil our obligations towards our brothers and sisters in East Turkestan.

Your brave sisters have risked a lot to get their stories out to the rest of the world. Are you going to do your bit?

It has taken the world many years and many lost lives to really understand the dangers of anti-Semitic propaganda. We must learn from the mistakes of history. Now, in 2020, we understand the phenomenon of Islamophobia much more than society did in 2005 when the caricature controversy first started.

“It isn’t atheism per se that the apostate Muslim is embracing,” writes sociologist Mirza Safwat. “It isn’t an intellectual matter but a civilizational one; it needs to be understood not philosophically but sociologically…”

In this week's Islam21c Unscripted podcast, Hamza Tzortzis and Ali Dawah join us to discuss Shubuhāt (specious arguments and doubts).