Z A Rahman ponders over the difference: the revolt led by the Ulama of India in May 1857 & the Ulama of CVE in 2017...
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The Spanish Inquisition The new Assassin’s Creed movie is an adaptation of the popular video game. The movie is set in a fictional version of real-world events – the real world events being the Spanish inquisition that followed the end ...
Read More »The Islamic History of the Champions of Europe – Portugal
Portugal was once an Islamic kingdom The Portugal football team were crowned champions of Europe for the first time in their history after overcoming France in the Euro 2016, European Cup. It may come as a surprise to many that ...
Read More »When France almost went Islamic: ʿAbd-ar Raḥmān al-Ghafiqi
“Of the believers are men who are true to that which they covenanted with Allāh. Some of them have paid their vow by death (in battle)…”[1] The recent tragic events in Paris have put the spotlight on the Muslims ...
Read More »Secularism: the Caliphate’s Final Blow
Throughout history the disease of nationalism is a consistent cause of the downfall of nations. In a startling display of this Abū Jahl cited that his aversion to becoming a Muslim, despite knowing that the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa ...
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