Opinion

The Fiqh of Lasers

AbdulRahman El-Nounu 11 Min Read

This article is not a fiqhi article, nor will any fatwas be issued. What this article is designed to do is make us think. Scholar 1: Lasers. The word lasers is taken for

Manufacturing the Muslim Enemy

Muhammad Thomson 20 Min Read

Islamophobia - a thousand years of deadly lies What we are witnessing in today’s socio-political climate is not the first period of intense propagation of Islamophobia in the West. There have been

The Rise and Fall of Islamic Seville

Z A Rahman 13 Min Read

Seville’s Islāmic Heritage The city of Seville has once again been propelled to our attentions with Sevilla FC recently being crowned champions of the Europa League for a third successive year, this

Getting a hold on obesity

Amera Farooq 12 Min Read

ʿUmar b. Al-Khaṭṭāb (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) once met a man with a protruding stomach. When he questioned about it he answered that it was a blessing from Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā). ʿUmar

Is David Cameron OK with “an” Islamic State then?

Dilly Hussain 6 Min Read

On Wednesday 20 April 2016, David Cameron defamed Imām Sulaiman Ghani from Tooting at Prime Minister's Questions as an "IS supporter" - a popular acronym for ISIS. Downing Street's Press Office later clarified

Londoners Reject the Politics of Racism & Fear

Laura Stuart 14 Min Read

Since London woke up to confirmation of a resounding win for Labour’s Sadiq Khan in the Mayoral Elections, another campaign of blame apportioning in the Conservative Party seems to be underway. The