ʿĀshūra & Muharram Digest

Virtues of Ashoora Videos Virtues of 'Ashura by Sheikh Haitham & Ustadh Abu Talha Muharram & 'Ashura 1 by Sheikh Haitham Muharram & 'Ashura Final Part by Sheikh Haitham The Massacre of Karbala by Dr. Yasir Qadhi Ashoora Articles Āshūra (10th Muḥarram): A Day of Joy or Grief? by: Abū…

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Condolences upon the death of Sheikh Ghulam Azam

Islam21c would like to offer its heartfelt condolences to the people of Bangladesh upon the passing away of one of their eminent leaders, Sheikh Professor Ghulam Azam, may Allāh have mercy upon him. A former leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, Sheikh Ghulam Azam was one of the countless Islamic activists of that…

How Islām brought a Light to English towns

One Muslim's recollection of growing up in a migrant Asian community in the Midlands. In recent times there has been an overwhelming influx of discussion in British media about Muslim immigrants, and their assimilation and integration. There is a desperate search for a solution, though the questions being asked, I…

Dracula: Hollywood’s desperate attack on Islām

The Real Untold Story of How the Muslims killed the Dracula   “He who controls the present controls the past.”  Many will be aware of the new Hollywood film which has been recently released entitled: ‘Dracula Untold’. It might not be well known that, supernatural powers aside, the tale of…

Islām’s Wandering Youth

  And the Messenger said, 'My Lord, my people have deserted this Qur'ān' Are you a Muslim?  Do you know what this truly means? What following Islām actually involves? Or is Islām for you like it is for many in the West today? Parental pressure, constant cultural chaos, finish the…

Having Ḥusn al-Ẓann of Allāh in Testing Times

Having Good Thoughts (Ḥusn al-Ẓann) of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) in Times of Trial & Affliction Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Ansāri relates that he heard Allāh's Messenger (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) say three days before his death: "None of you should die except whilst assuming the best about Allāh." As…

A Muslim Response to The Young Atheist’s Handbook

The Young Atheist’s Handbook (TYAH) was first published in 2012. I purchased the book the moment it was available and I was probably one of the first people to receive it in the post. After reading parts of TYAH, I immediately contacted the author and science teacher, Alom Shaha, to…

And then they came for our Parents

Fahad Ansari dissects the latest Prevent-led initiative which is being pushed through a well-known YouTuber. The video reduces legitimate grievances with Western foreign policy and foreign intervention to "hate" and condemns all forms of violence as unlawful without considering the legitimate right of resistance and self-defence when faced with violent…

Islam is the Cure to Racism

Black History Month - Islām is the Solution for our racial problems Racism is evil. It divides us. Through it, hatred, conflict and tyranny ensue and from that emerges untold suffering. Yet the racist cannot see it. This is because for them others are not truly human in the same…