“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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Life as an Imām in the United Kingdom
Life as an Imām in the United Kingdom Growing up in south London, becoming a member of a gang was something many youngsters had fallen prey to, and I myself could easily have fallen victim to this lifestyle. However what I could never have envisaged was that later on in…
[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 29 & 30] All Claims to Prophethood after Him Are False and A Prophet to Both Man and Jinn
وَكُلُّ دَعْوَى النُّبُوَّةِ بَعْدَهُ فَغَيٌّ وَهَوًى All claims to prophethood after him are false (ghayy) and fanciful (hawa) To reiterate the previous point, believing in the Prophet (Ṣallāhu ‘alayhi wa salam) entails believing that he (Ṣallāhu ‘alayhi wa salam) is the seal of the prophets. This means that any claim…
Can you blame Muslims for wanting to segregate?
A recent statement by Channel 4’s Jon Snow sparked a large conversation in the media, where he revealed in an interview about meeting new female colleagues, “Sex comes into every evaluation of a woman, there’s no doubt about it.” This revelation makes it even more difficult to understand the disgust…
[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 28] The Seal of the Prophets
وَأَنَّهُخَاتَمُالْأَنْبِيَاءِوَإِمَامُالْأَتْقِيَاءِوَسَيِّدُالْمُرْسَلِينَوَحَبِيبُرَبِّالْعَالَمِينَ And he is the seal of the prophets. He is the Leader (imam) of the Pious. He is Chief of the Messengers. He is very dear to the Lord of the Worlds. As mentioned in the preceding point, the belief that the Prophet (Ṣallāhu ‘alayhi wa salam) is…
The Death of Sheikh ‘Abdul Karīm Zaydān (Raḥimullah)
“The superiority of the learned man over the devout is like that of the moon, on the night when it is full, over the rest of the stars. The learned are the heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets leave neither dinār nor dirham, leaving only knowledge, and he who…
Some deaths are more equal than others
Asim Qureshi, who met one of the Woolwich attackers, writes about how the case reveals much about how we value human life. With the Woolwich trial now over, there are some important questions that need to be asked in relation to the value our societies give to lives lost both…
Maqra’ah of the book of ḥadīth: al Aḥādīth al Mukhtārah
By the grace of Allāh (Subḥanahu wa ta'āla) and His tawfīq, an intensive reading (maqra’ah) of a collection of aḥādith took place on Sunday the 12th of January at Redbridge Islamic Centre in Ilford. The reading was overseen by Sheikh Haitham al Haddad (Ḥafidhahullah) and the chosen text was: al…
Reclaiming our Revolution – March for Egypt
Since the ousting of President Mursi on July 3rd, the military have continued in their atrocious crimes against humanity with human rights violations, mass killings, arbitrary arrests and torture. Thousands of peaceful civilians have been killed and arrested, merely for expressing their rejection of the coup and calling for the…
[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 27] Belief in the Blessed Prophet
وَإِنَّ مُحَمَّداً صلى الله عليه وسلم عَبْدُهُ المُصْطَفَى، وَنَبـِيُّهُ المُجْتَبَى، وَرَسُولُهُ المُرْتَضَى (And we believe and are certain) that Muḥammad is His chosen Slave (‘abd), His elect Prophet (nabi) and His Messenger (rasūl), with whom He is well-pleased. The author began by speaking of the first article…
Syria’s Palestinians: Double-Tragedy amidst Shameful International Abandonment
The Prophet (Ṣallāhu 'alayhi wa salam) said: “A woman went to Hell because of a cat which she detained. She did not feed it when she detained it, and she did not let it free to eat of the vermin of the earth.” Upon one calamity mounts another for the…
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A James O’Brien masterclass in how to deal with people demanding Muslims apologise for #Charliehebdo
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Reply from Dr. Haitham Al-Haddad to allegations made in the Daily Mail & Sunday Times newspaper
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