Current Affairs
Mosques unite for national day of prayer for rain
On Sunday, 16 August, Muslim communities will revive Salat al-Istisqa', seeking rain while renewing their commitment to charity and environmental care.
Reclaiming our Revolution – March for Egypt
Since the ousting of President Mursi on July 3rd, the military have continued in their atrocious crimes against humanity with human rights violations, mass killings, arbitrary arrests and torture. Thousands of peaceful…
[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 27] Belief in the Blessed Prophet
وَإِنَّ مُحَمَّداً صلى الله عليه وسلم عَبْدُهُ المُصْطَفَى، وَنَبـِيُّهُ المُجْتَبَى، وَرَسُولُهُ المُرْتَضَى (And we believe and are certain) that Muḥammad is His chosen Slave (‘abd), His elect Prophet (nabi) and…
Syria’s Palestinians: Double-Tragedy amidst Shameful International Abandonment
The Prophet (Ṣallāhu 'alayhi wa salam) said: “A woman went to Hell because of a cat which she detained. She did not feed it when she detained it, and she did not…
Rain: Specific Rulings Applicable in Times of Heavy Rain Part 2
Part Four: An Option to Pray in the House and Miss the Congregational Mosque Prayer The scholars have allowed a concession to not pray the congregational prayer in the mosque if the…
Friends of Israel for Sale: The Times, Tories and Think Tanks
The Times newspaper has published an article on two of the groups involved in the gender segregation issue. Recently Muslim students awoke to the reality that the right wing Henry Jackson Society’s project, “Student Rights,”…
Egypt: Is it the Uḥud of Today?
The loss of Egypt can be considered a depressing point in history for many Muslims. Indeed, as Muslims we have been agonisingly hurt by this defeat. Many of us had thought that…