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They don’t have an inferiority complex; you do
Sami Hamdi addresses one of Islam21c's annual dinner gatherings this year.
Detention of Babar; A Failure of both Politics and the Law
On 24 September 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) drove the final nail in the coffin of Babar Ahmad’s 8 year fight against extradition to the US, dismissing claims that…
Support Karl Watkins’ Private Prosecution of Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan
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…
Misconceptions of the principle: ‘the lesser of two evils’
Throughout the last election campaign there were frequent discussions amongst Muslims regarding the permissibility of participating in the electoral process. This brief article does not intend to address that specific issue (dealt…
Seven Years in Captivity: Babar Ahmad Petition
Babar Ahmad is a 37 year old British Muslim and the longest detained-without-charge British detainee held as part of the global ‘war on terror’. In December 2003 Babar was arrested at his…
Babar and the King
In the tafsir of Surah Buruj, with reference to the people of the ditch, we read about the boy and the King in an amazing hadith. Â It follows the story of a…
Can you ‘Disbelieve’ by Voting?
There is a feeling amongst some quarters in the Muslim community here in the UK, and indeed the world at large, that it is kufr and thereby haram for Muslims to take…