“When will it be right to be Muslim and gay?”
Background The above question has been the subject of a lingering controversy over the last few weeks, spawning heated, emotional…
“We only die once” – Turkey’s Call to Arms to protect Jerusalem
Turkey says it has been rallying together an international peacekeeping force as the world looks on in horror at the…
“Vote Today; Be Kafir Tomorrow”: The Issue of Voting
That season of jostling for space to express a view on voting has once again descended upon the population here…
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Muslims are taking over the country! One restaurant at a time…
Background Despite an eventful news week full of murderous maniacs on the loose in London , 19,000 Barclays employees getting the boot and a few international crises to top it off , those attention-seeking Muslims seem to be at it again, filling our front pages, timelines and radio talk shows…
The Refugee Dilemma
As a result of the influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan, many Jordanians are coming to realise that their businesses are improving. Many Syrians are happy to receive lower wages than their Jordanian counterparts, extended shop opening hours have generated more sales, and even customer service standards have also increased.…
[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 35] ‘Ilmul Kalām
He sways between faith and disbelief, confirmation and denial, and acceptance and rejection. He will be subject to vain suggestions, perplexed and lost, neither a sincere Believer nor an open denier. فَيَتَذبْذبُ بَيْنَ الكُفْرِ وَالإِيْمَانِ، وَالتَّكْذِيبِ، وَالإِقْرَارِ وَالإِنْكَارِ، مُوَسْوَسَاً تَائِهَاً، زَائِغَاً شَاكَّــاً، لاَ مُؤْمِنَاً مُصَدِّقاً، وَلاَ جَاحِداً مُكَذِّباً. When a…
My NHS counter-terrorism training session
This statement is the first ever published account of an NHS counter-terrorism training session. Some 44,000 healthcare professionals have gone through this training which they were told was designed to help them detect potential terrorists. However, this statement shows that backward assumptions and stereotypes about Muslims remain an integral feature of…
Two days left for Moazzam Begg. Why remember him?
"None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself." Moazzam Begg has his court hearing later this week inshā’Allāh (God Willing), on Friday the 2nd of May 2014, to consider his bail application. Of course, Moazzam is just one individual and many may…
Condolences to Imām Shakeel Begg
To Allāh we belong and to Him we return. The Muslim Research and Development Foundation and the Islam21c team would like to offer their sincere condolences to the family of Humayun Begg, who passed away last night. He was a well-known member of the Muslim community in the Forest Hill…
Above the Law
It’s not very often that, as a revert, I attempt to thread a mosaic of unlikely ideas which interlace my own Christian upbringing through Judaism, secular beliefs and the Quranic message we all so aspire to. Nonetheless, this article considers the following issues, inviting people to come forward freely to…
[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 34] Don’t debate about Islam without sound knowledge part 2/2
Points of Benefit: 1) The statement of Ṭaḥāwi: ‘He who seeks knowledge that has been barred from him, and whose intellect is not prepared to surrender...’ was meant to further explain the previous point about the Beatific Vision. Point number 32 clarified the belief of Ahl al-Sunnah and pointed out…
Should British Muslim Mothers become spies for the Police?
Asim Qureshi, a long time friend and guest author to Islam21c and currently the Research Director of CAGE UK appeared on BBC News yesterday to speak about the UK Government & British police's latest terrorising scheme of asking Muslim women to dissuade their sons and relatives from going to fight…
What is Blair so agitated about?
“And they planned and Allāh also planned, and Allāh is the best of planners” On 23 April 2014, the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair delivered a speech to Bloomberg in London wherein he called on Europe and America to put aside their differences with Russia and China and cooperate to…
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Why are new Muslims leaving Islam?
“I don’t know if you can help me; I don’t even know where to start.…
Attractive Hijabs & Shari’ah
Living in the west, the hijab has become a potent indicator of identity with many…
A James O’Brien masterclass in how to deal with people demanding Muslims apologise for #Charliehebdo
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…
Reply from Dr. Haitham Al-Haddad to allegations made in the Daily Mail & Sunday Times newspaper
I was deeply saddened on Sunday morning to see the article in your newspaper maligning…