Babar Ahmed released… What follows is a statement from the family of Babar Ahmad, upon being reunited with him recently. His and his family’s patience and perseverance has been an example for all, as they have been through hardship after ...
Read More »My Son Is Not a Terrorist But He Was Terrorised
This week marked the 11th anniversary of the day that changed our lives forever. On 2 December 2003, my son Babar Ahmad was accused by the Metropolitan Police of being an al-Qaeda terrorist, an allegation made after officers brutally assaulted ...
Read More »Babar and Talha Sentencing: A Welcome Anomaly
Asim Qureshi, who knew Talha and Babar personally, writes that their sentences earlier this month went against the grain of what we have come to expect from the War on Terror. In June 2011, CAGE released a report, Too Blunt for ...
Read More »Babar Ahmad and the Reward for Doing Good
He said “I am Yūsuf, and this is my brother. Allāh has certainly favoured us. Indeed, he who fears Allāh and is patient, then indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.” ...
Read More »Read the Script: Babar & Co. Verdict
As I write this, an extradition hearing is continuing in the Royal Courts of Justice, the very final one, before judgement is delivered in the cases of Babar Ahmad, Syed Talha Ahsan, Khalid al Fawwaz, Adel Abdul Bary and Abu ...
Read More »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 a potential life sentence at ADX Florence would ...
Read More »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 he has taken this action because of the ...
Read More »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 London home under anti-terror legislation. By the time ...
Read More »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. It follows the story of a boy who is chosen to be the apprentice ...
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