Politics
From political awakening to influence
How British Muslims can move beyond political mobilisation towards long-term civic engagement, relationship-building, and real local power.
A Plea from Syria
I take with every reader and recipient of this article an oath with Allah that an effort is made to spread it widely. It may be that a reader is moved to…
Israeli Governance: Two Sides of the Same Blade
Indicators regarding the standing and current authority of the ummah on the international scale are diverse and many. Behavioural trends that are reflective of a trough in the prominence of the Ummah…
Flipping the Script
It is hard not to be a bit cynical about the media - TV news, newspapers and the ‘cream pie in the face’ blogs that wet the bed of public opinion with…
Proposed Gay Marriage Bill & Muslim Silence
Watch "Have Muslim MPs denounced Islam by voting for same-sex marriage?** Scrutinise the Gay Marriage Bill Forming the Single-Gender Society How the West was won: An analysis of the Gay Rights Movement…
Against the Odds: The Iraqi Spring
When Iraq was unlocked to the storming Mongolian armies in 1258, treacherously invited by Ibn al-‘Alqami who was a minister in the court of the Caliph, al-Musta’sim, the innumerable soldiers of Hulagu…
Algerian Airspace and the Hostage Crisis
More and more international powers forsake the impoverished nation of Mali and leave it to cripple under the non-discriminating weapons of mass destruction, amidst a campaign supported by the USA, Europe and…