Background The above question has been the subject of a lingering controversy over the last few weeks, spawning heated, emotional…
Turkey says it has been rallying together an international peacekeeping force as the world looks on in horror at the…
That season of jostling for space to express a view on voting has once again descended upon the population here…
To study at the feet of scholars is a very enriching experience, but not everyone is blessed with such an opportunity. Our hectic schedules often sideline our in-depth study of Islam. It is for this reason that the Zad e-Learning site was setup, and has dedicated itself to providing a…
The times we live in at present are indeed very worrying; this worry far surpasses the magnitude of the attacks launched upon the Nation of the Muslims from outside its realms, but indeed her slow and painful emersion into ignorance of the Book of Allah, and a deeper insight into…
This article is part of a free translation of al-Iftqar ila Allah, Lubb al-'Ubudiyyah by Ahmad al-Suwayan It follows on from the previous article which details the veneration that believers should have for divine commandments. Committing sins and falling into error is an unavoidable human trait, such that Allāh’s Messenger said, “By the…
This article is part of a free translation of al-Iftqar ila Allah, Lubb al-'Ubudiyyah by Ahmad al-Suwayan Following on from the previous article, this article discusses the dread the believer should feel in relation to his righteous actions being rejected by the Almighty. The purpose of servitude is to submit…
Without the faculty of memory man would not quite be man. This may sound a little peculiar but a moment’s consideration may reveal the profundity of the observation. Our sense of our surroundings, of our life, and our very self rests on our ability to juxtapose the past to the…
“They ask you about the sacred month about fighting therein. Say, ‘Fighting therein is great , and we totally condemn such actions that are perpetrated by heretical terrorists. Islām is a religion of peace.” An unfamiliar verse, but nonetheless not far removed from the type of responses that many Muslims…
Given the current draconian measure of implementing nude body scanners in the UK, Muslims and others are being forced to shed the notion of decency and be exposed to strangers all in the pretext of maintaining ‘acceptable levels of security’. Indeed, the government has managed to beguile many of the…
Abstract: The paper makes a decidedly radical re-reading of the installation of body scanners in Britain and the US, so as to question the singular emphasis on security that discussions about these machines have had so far. The author analyses the Muslim response to these scanners and draws attention to…
In 1947 a ship bound for British controlled Palestine was intercepted by the British Navy. Aboard were some 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivors all of whom hoped to settle in Palestine. But faced with sporadic violence from committed Zionists, scores of illegal Jewish immigrants wanting to escape the camps set up…
With the general election having recently taken over most of the news headlines across Britain, the public has been made aware of several political agendas. Education, healthcare and immigration have been the usual contenders up for debate between political parties, but amongst them are also environmental policies. When politics isn’t…
“I don’t know if you can help me; I don’t even know where to start.…
Living in the west, the hijab has become a potent indicator of identity with many…
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…
I was deeply saddened on Sunday morning to see the article in your newspaper maligning…
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