Politics

From political awakening to influence

Mawlana Tahir Talati

How British Muslims can move beyond political mobilisation towards long-term civic engagement, relationship-building, and real local power.

Freedom of Speech – Double Standards?

Dr Amjid Muhammad 7 Min Read

Embassies are razed, diplomats are lynched, protesters have marched with unbridled aggression from east to west.  The Islamic world and the West once again finds itself at loggerheads arising from two conflicting

Action Alert against Google, YouTube and the Government

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad 10 Min Read

Just casting our glances back a few years to September 10th 2005 when a series of cartoons depicting the Prophet Salallahu 'alayhi wa sallam as a terrorist with a bomb, published by Danish

What is happening in Syria?

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad 8 Min Read

The Arab springs that ignited two years ago led to major positive changes occurring in most Arab states. Given that to be the case, many are left wondering why the Syrian revolution

The Hypocrisy of the West’s Treatment of Morsi

Ismail Adam Patel 8 Min Read

By the grace of Allah, things have really turned around in Egypt, and what was once a land of oppression and corruption is changing considerably for the better. The people seem to

Support Karl Watkins’ Private Prosecution of Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan

Cage UK 8 Min Read

On 6 September 2012, the BBC reported that a British businessman Karl Watkins had instructed solicitors to commence a private prosecution against Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan. Mr Watkins has stated that

Myanmar Government Can’t Hide Its Crimes

Dr. Habib Siddiqui 19 Min Read

In an article in the state-run New Light of Myanmar on Wednesday, August 22, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Myanmar, stated, “It is obvious that the violence in the Rakhine