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Our family’s journey from Nakba to genocide

Shaykh Ali Hammuda Ahmed Hammuda 11 Min Read

The life of our grandfather, Mohammad Ali Hammuda — headmaster, calligrapher, linguist, and poet — is emblematic of millions.

Cyprus’ Islamic heritage, from Sahaba to Sultans

Edward Rowe 11 Min Read

The island of Cyprus has a treasure trove of Islamic heritage, some among Europe’s oldest, dating back as far as the Sahaba.

Nakba, Netanyahu the Elder, and the Rotting Apple of Zionism

Ahmed Hammuda 15 Min Read

The web of Zionism and all its forms is rooted in ethnic cleansing, Benjamin Netanyahu is only its current face.

Ramadan reflections on Muslim loss of mandate to rule

Hamdija Begovic 9 Min Read

In part two of a short series, Hamdija Begovic looks at the Nietzschean idea of the man-god, and how we should respond.

100 years on, the Ummah remains strong and empowered

Maira Mirza 6 Min Read

A century on from the end of the Caliphate, we must not feel defeated; we are as strong and principled as ever.

Abdul Hamid II showed that anti-Zionism isn’t anti-Semitism

Kasim Tekin 8 Min Read

Zionists regularly conflate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, but one Ottoman leader disproved this back in 1876.