Tag Archives: CIVIL RIGHTS

We welcome the release of the judicial review judgement after waiting for almost eight months. Although we seek to appeal parts of it, we are please to say that there are some very positive outcomes for the community, alhamdulillāh...

In 1942, a sequence of events eventually culminated in the extermination of nearly 6 million Jewish men, women and children; and it all began with the euphemistically termed “Final Solution” to the Jewish Question. [1] That such inhumanity and manifest ...

Muhammad Ali, one of the world’s greatest boxers, sports personality; cultural icon and probably the most famous man on the planet will be acutely missed. May Allah (subhanahu wa taʿala) forgive his sins and raise him up among the righteous ...

Frederick Douglass, the infamous runaway slave who became a strong orator of the abolitionist movement, highlights in his autobiography a moment during his youth when he lived with his master’s brother’s family. Frederick approached the mother of the house, Sophia ...

Malcolm X: A Shining Example of Hikma Malcolm X, who was assassinated in New York on 21 February 1965, was a unique figure in the history of Islam in America, and a leader who has inspired generations of Muslim everywhere, ...

“…the cup of endurance runs over, and the human personality cries out, ‘I can take it no longer”. Many will be aware that a film has recently been released entitled ‘Selma’ which is based on the life and times of ...

Before discussing Dr Martin Luther King Jr., there are a number of matters I wish to raise. Some of what I am about to say may come across as a little radical, even extreme. I would also hope that you ...