Babar and Talha Sentencing: A Welcome Anomaly

Asim Qureshi, who knew Talha and Babar personally, writes that their sentences earlier this month went against the grain of what we have come to expect from the War on Terror. In June 2011, CAGE released a report, Too Blunt for Just Outcomes, on the disproportionate sentences that are meted out…

Is there a plot to shut down CAGE?

The attack on CAGE has also been written about in the Telegraph. CAGE has been under sustained pressure over the last few months since its business bank accounts were closed down. Our work continues to go from strength to strength, but without your help we may not be able to keep…

Seven Deadly Lies about the Gaza Conflict

Stay up-to-date on what's happening in Gaza: Gaza Under Siege - Updates Introduction Once again an extraordinary display of human destruction and slaughter is taking place in the Gaza strip, courtesy of Israel. Israeli bombs have murdered almost 1000 civilians so far, with the number rapidly climbing every day. Those maimed…

It’s time to water the plant

Billions of people use the world wide web today, and as the international outcry to recent atrocities by Israel have shown, the unrestricted dissemination of information and knowledge using the internet has had a massive impact on public discourse and perceptions.  By the Grace of Allāh, Islam21c, a non-profit charity…

Will it stop if we look away? #Gaza #CAR

Stay up-to-date on what's happening in Gaza: Gaza Under Siege - Updates Yasmin Khatun shares her thoughts after her visit to Chad to interview refugees from Central African Republic (CAR) for a documentary As Gazan children under fire are deemed invisible to unmoved eyes, Syrian stomachs turn cold under torn shreds…

Babar Ahmad and the Reward for Doing Good

  He said "I am Yūsuf, and this is my brother. Allāh has certainly favoured us. Indeed, he who fears Allāh and is patient, then indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good." These were the words spoken by the Prophet Yūsuf (‘alayhi…

Does Israel know the meaning of “Peace”?

Stay up-to-date on what's happening in Gaza: Gaza Under Siege - Updates The siege of Gaza is entering its third week and the Palestinian death toll continues to rise. Yet again, it is the Palestinian women and children who are paying the price for the Zionist entity’s incapability of maintaining…

Encouraging Qunūt for the Muslims of Gaza

All praise is due to Allāh, the One who hears both that which is said aloud and in secret, providing relief from calamity and misfortune. May peace and blessings be upon the special elect, the Prophet Muhammad, his family and all of his Companions. The catastrophic situation that the Gazan…

Courage in a Time of Fear

This week, BBC Radio 4 aired a documentary about the chilling impact Britain's anti-terror laws and policies are having on the ability of charities to deliver life-saving aid to dying children in Syria, Gaza and Somalia. Despite it being recognised by the UN that millions of people in Syria are…

Glad tidings, O martyrs of Gaza, and woe to us