Politics
Know your council
Protest voting has its place, but political maturity is built through local engagement, accountability, and long-term community leadership.
Obama: The Great Black Hope?
It was, as historians will undoubtedly claim, a historic event, a time when democracy prevailed and the demarcation of race and colour in the US officially began to wane. They will argue…
Are these the Jewels of Democracy?
These are the democracies that gave us Guantanamo bay, Abu Ghuraib, Camp Breadbasket and internment without trial. Even if Muslims do want to make a democratic choice, and get the rare chance…
Integration: Part One, Deconstructing Integration
...the discourse is not shaped by everyone equally, and thus the very discourse that seeks to explain and discuss the topic of integration, ends up establishing a differential of power...
Remembering Ahmed Deedat
O you who believe! Khamr (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), gambling, AlÂ-Ansaab, and AlÂ-Azlaam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are abominations of Shaitaan's (Satan) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that…
Ed’s Pic ‘n’ Mix & Other Assortments
I have, in the past, worked with many British-Asian women, many of whom were free and liberated, women of the Muslim faith donning the hijab and at times the face veil. Fortunately,…
Middle People hear Echoes
I recently received an email asking me what the purpose was of my writings and how I felt these helped the Muslims in Britain and the Ummah more broadly. The writer’s scepticism…