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Britain First and the lessons from the conversion of ‘Umar Britain First was launched in May 2011 with as its chairman Paul Golding, who had been a councillor representing the far-right British National Party. In February 2014, Britain First conducted ...

CAGE speaks to Zulaikha Farooqi, daughter of Munir Farooqi who is appealing his recent and controversial conviction based on terrorism offences. His family are now being subjected to further proceedings. In an unprecedented step those prosecuting are trying to seize ...

Balancing work with seeking Islamic knowledge Getting a job and working hard so that you are able to become independent and support your family is undoubtedly a very noble and praiseworthy action, and should be appreciated. When it comes after ...

On the importance of excelling in both religious and worldly duties. While religion today has become an issue relegated to the private realm of our daily lives, Islām has always challenged the status quo with its multi-faceted nature. As a religion, ...

The belief of a person in the seeing of Allāh by the people of Paradise is not correct if that person tries to imagine what it is like or if he tries to interpret it according to his own understanding, ...

Background Imagine if tomorrow there were to be a survey asking whether Halāl meat should be allowed in Britain.  Would you take part?  What would you say to those Muslims that sat on the side-lines and expected others to act ...

The following are benefits extracted from a letter, dated 5th May 2014, from our brother Moazzam Begg in response to a brother who had written to him.  It was suggested that the letter itself not be posted for legal reasons. Points ...

The Muslim community in Britain and elsewhere expresses its deepest concern with the shocking news from Prague, and offers its support, sympathy and solidarity to the Muslim community in Czech Republic after police raids of their mosques during the main Friday ...

Robert Spencer is a vile Islamophobe. So disturbing and divisive are Spencer’s views on Muslims that even the Home Secretary Theresa May denied him entry into the UK [1]. He and his fellow hate preacher, Pamela Geller, were prevented from ...

Background Despite an eventful news week full of murderous maniacs on the loose in London [1], 19,000 Barclays employees getting the boot [2] and a few international crises to top it off [3][4], those attention-seeking Muslims seem to be at ...