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3 Reasons to Trust in Allah’s Plan
Why is it essential that we trust in the plan of Allah? Here are three significant reasons relayed by the Prophet (ﷺ).
A Note on Understanding Islam:Liberalism’s Origins & the Superimposition of a Specific European Experience
Having travelled to the America’s, Middle East and Europe, lecturing and debating on issues related to Islam, philosophy and politics, I have found a common trend when people try to understand Islam…
Is Islamic Society Barbaric?
Having already discussed that Liberalism has caused social breakdown and that its political values are non-cohesive in that they neither facilitate social cohesion nor evoke ideas that construct positive behaviours. Since non-cohesive…
Exposing Modernist Interpretations
The Islamic classical tradition has always viewed the Qur’an as a living, dynamic and intrusive text; tapping into the inner dispositions of man while simultaneously interacting with his political and social environment.…
A White Islam
Although the title may suggest otherwise, this has nothing to do with the colour of many people in the UK who, despite the unyielding negative media stereotyping, still amaze us by…
Islam and the Problems of Modernity
Modernity is the frame that has recently come to dominate discussions in the social sciences. It is a paradigm that is not only shaping the views and ideas of the academic…
Elegy for the Nation: Rise and Fall
History teaches many things. Prominently, we might say that it teaches us that nations rise and fall. When nations fall, the prime cause, if indeed causes do exist in these realms, is…