Background The above question has been the subject of a lingering controversy over the last few weeks, spawning heated, emotional…
Turkey says it has been rallying together an international peacekeeping force as the world looks on in horror at the…
That season of jostling for space to express a view on voting has once again descended upon the population here…
The ex-CIA asset Khalifa Haftar, a Libyan general, returned to the city of Benghazi following a lengthy absence. An absence which led to rumours spreading quickly that the general had passed away following reports that he had left for Paris to seek treatment. Footage emerged on social media showing the…
This disturbing movement is yet another strand of increasing online “radicalisation” of young white men, which, to date, has gone largely unchecked.
Imam Ashraf Dabous on what today's Muslims can learn from the career of one of football's most famous figures, Arsene Wenger
The story of Ali al-Marri is in fact an inspiring one considering his relationship with the Qur’ān during prolonged periods of torture and solitary confinement—designed to break people—is what saved his sanity and indeed his life.
“There are credible media reports that as many as 500,000 to a million people are or have been detained in what are being called ‘political education centres’, the largest mass incarceration of a minority population in the world today.”
A distinguished academic and imam who had the audacity to use his knowledge to help Palestinians
At least 20 wedding attendees were killed in Saudi-led airstrikes on Hajjah, Northwest Yemen, on Sunday night. According to witnesses, the wedding party was targeted in separate strikes, several minutes apart, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries. Sources report that the majority of victims were woman and children, and…
Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Indeed, to Allāh we belong, and to Him we are returning. In a head-on collision between a coach and petrol tanker, four British pilgrims have lost their lives and 12 others have been injured yesterday in Saudi Arabia. The Umrah pilgrims killed were from…
Bashar al-Assad has returned France's highest possible honour, the grand-croix. Presumably he is unworthy of the great distinction shared by the likes of Gaddafi, Mussolini and Franco.
“I don’t know if you can help me; I don’t even know where to start.…
Living in the west, the hijab has become a potent indicator of identity with many…
http://audioboom.com/boos/2784684-a-james-o-brien-masterclass-in-how-to-deal-with-people-demanding-that-muslims-apologise-for-charliehebdo/ Read today's post: In response to last night's shocking BBC Panorama by Dr Salman Butt Read…
I was deeply saddened on Sunday morning to see the article in your newspaper maligning…
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