Islam21c Articulating Islam in the 21st Century
A discourse analysis of Muslim and non-Muslim "terror"...
Read More »A Tale of Two Terrors: Osborne & Adebolajo
What is the Condition of Your Heart?
The heart “changes more than a pot of rapidly boiling water”...
Read More »Transformers
Start this new Islamic year with introspection, reflection, and critical planning for what lies ahead.
Read More »The Fallacy of Comparing ‘Violence’ in the Qur’ān & Bible
A Dā’ī’s Perspective on Violence in the Qur’ān and Bible A recent computer analysis of the Bible and Qur’ān has been making waves on social media.[1] OdinText, developers of analytics software, recently announced results from a comparative analysis of the ...
Read More »Revelation is the only source of true wisdom
It is safe to say the word “wisdom” is a little enigmatic but to define it by thinking about when we use the words “wise” or “wiser” we can unravel what it means. When we say “that was a ...
Read More »Al-Ifk: Lessons from the heinous lie against ‘Ā’isha (radiyAllau ‘anha), Mother of the Believers
One of the defining characteristics of the hypocrites was, and remains to be, their incessant plotting against the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) his family and Companions. In the 5th year after migration the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) ...
Read More »Awkward questions surrounding the ‘war on ISIS’
All praise be to Allāh and peace and blessings be upon His prophet, Muḥammad (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam). The position of mainstream Muslim scholars and intellectuals is under the spotlight and subject to scrutiny now more than ever in ...
Read More »Returning Jihadis aren’t so bad, I used to be one
Returning Jihādis from Syria now potentially face a new charge alongside being accused of terrorism: Treason![1] Let us leave aside how such an approach plays right into the hands of the ISIS narrative; such blanket treatment of suspects is…well it ...
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