Ask Your MP To Attend the Parliamentary Debate for Shaker Aamer

Following the success of an ePetition on the plight of Shaker Aamer - the last British resident still held by the US in Guantanamo - securing over 111,000 signatures, the issue will be subject to a debate in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 24 April, 9.30-11am. The ePetition calling for Mr…

The Garden of Lovers: Ishq pt 2

Ibn al-Jawzi stated regarding ‘ishq echoing many that came before him, ‘Ishq is the operation of an empty heart or un-preoccupied heart (qalb faarigh); it is madness; and it leads to anguish or death. Some claim that it is a mentally caused disease (marad waswasi) similar to melancholy.’ Dissatisfied with…

The Garden of Lovers: Ishq

Ibn al-Qayyim in his book Rawdatul Muhibbeen (The garden of Lovers) dedicates the first part of the book defining the word love (hubb) as well as all other words that have similar meanings. There were approximately 50 words in the Arabic language that carried the meaning of love albeit they…

The Lib-Dem Dilemma

The 6th of May, 2010 was to mark an end to 13 years of Labour government, reshaping the British political landscape. Despite Labour’s deplorable foreign policy, it was the international monetary collapse that it would bear the brunt of and catalyse its defeat. The media, with its tendency to overlook…

Al-Tahwiyyah: Pt2 Understanding Anthropomorphism

Note; Sheikh Haitham al-Haddad's explanation of al-Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah will soon be published as a hardback book. Islam21c have exclusive rights to share extracts from the book for its readers, and will be posting certain sections of the book on a weekly basis. The book: al-Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah, is a short text outlining the aqeedah of Ahl…

Battleground America: Pt 3 Industrial-Military Complex and Social-Political Changes

**Click here for part 2. The erosion of trust that allowed the US public to lay down their arms is a result of a series of complex historical circumstances and conditions that would take many books to explain. Rather than describe every turn in the road in the vicissitudes of…

Competition

Easter Good Friday

When Islam reached the pinnacle of perfection, these words were sent down by Allah: ‘Today I have perfected your religion for you, and I have completed my blessing on you, and I have approved Islam for your religion.’ The Messenger of Allah (SAW) had conveyed the message truthfully, he had…

Battleground America: Pt 2-Gun Control Prior Industrial Revolution

**Click here for part 1.   The history of gun control and the second amendment, though they appear to coincide with the fear of political extremes and the existence of dangerous men with assault weapons laying claim to the right to have them, in most cases since the Revolutionary War,…

Al-Tahwiyyah: Pt1 Tawhid & its Dimensions

Note; Sheikh Haitham al-Haddad's explanation of al-Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah will soon be published as a hardback book. Islam21c have exclusive rights to share extracts from the book for its readers, and will be posting certain sections of the book on a weekly basis. The book: al-Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah, is a short text outlining the aqeedah of Ahl…