Tag: HEGEMONY
Russia-Ukraine War: Winners & Losers – A Short Message to Muslims
Sh Dr Haitham al-Haddad shares his Islamic position that non-Ukrainian Muslims should have regarding the Russia-Ukraine war
What Have We Learnt From Malcolm X? (Rahimahullah)
In this Face to Face episode, Fahad Ansari discusses some pertinent lessons from the wisdom of Al-Hajj Malik el-Shabbaz, more popularly known as Malcolm X, rahimahullah.
A World in Disarray; Still No Accountability
NOT IN OUR NAME
“Reforming” Islam to suit popular culture is a bad idea
"As a former practising Christian, I saw first hand the effect of reforming wisdom and morality to suit the whims and desires of some powerful people..."
Looking Back to Move Forward
Scroll down to see an interactive timeline of articles on history over the last twelve months. “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” ― Winston Churchill Whilst aspects of history are important to be learnt by all peoples, those that have been subjected to a…
Education: The Difference Between Freedom & Slavery
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 Auld, and expressed his curiosity of “this mystery of reading,”…
“Terror is…” Powerful Spoken Word
https://www.facebook.com/BoonaaMohammed/videos/10153757575694583/ Click the video above to watch and listen; read the verses below Spoken word poet Boonaa Mohammed drives a bulldozer through the whitewashing of history that has tried to divert attention away from the chief perpetrators of the most unimaginably cruel and enduring terror campaigns ever inflicted on the human species. The…
What Have We Learnt Since Malcolm X’s Martyrdom?
In an age when Muslims in the West find themselves as a minority, it is time for us to examine the life of Malcolm X and adopt his attitudes and beliefs as a template for our own attitudes and behaviour.
I refuse to wear a ‘Poppy Hijab’
In the latest attempt at unabashed apologism, some Muslim groups have asked Muslim women to don a ‘Poppy Hijab’ in order to remember the Muslim soldiers that took part in the two world wars. The president of one organisation suggested that these hijabs would “take attention away from extremists.“ This…
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 the wake of the anti-Islamic and heretic actions of ISIS.…
