Tag: HISTORY
Unveiling History: The Qur’an’s Remarkable Insight into the Past
A popular trend among some Orientalists is to try and attack the Qur'ān by casting doubt on its historical reliability. What should we as Muslims make of these claims? It is important…
Muslims vs Vikings
Muslims vs Vikings "And were it not for Allāh's repelling some men with others, the earth would certainly be in a state of disorder; but Allāh is Gracious to the creatures" The…
CAGE and the Jihad for Truth
CAGE and the Jihad for Truth A man asked the Messenger of Allah (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) “What is the most virtuous struggle (Jjihād)?” The Prophet said, “A word of truth…
An Alternative Christmas Message
An Alternative Christmas Message: The ummah's first extradition request Living in the western world, we sometimes fall into the trap of thinking of rights and due process only within the context of an…
Longing for a leader like ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu)
Longing for a Leader like ‘Umar On one particular Friday the Khatīb, as usual, spoke of the calamity in Syria. He did not deliver anything new per say, nor did he decorate…
The truth about Sultan Aurangzeb
The Emperor Aurangzeb, who rose to the throne in the 17th Century as the sixth Mughal ruler over "India", is often painted as a vicious, religiously intolerant, minority-suppressing fanatic, whose only job…
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! Let us leave aside how such an approach plays right into the hands of the ISIS…
Dracula: Hollywood’s desperate attack on Islām
The Real Untold Story of How the Muslims killed the Dracula “He who controls the present controls the past.” Many will be aware of the new Hollywood film which has been…
The Old Man’s Dream and Bitter Reality
The Palestinian Catastrophe’s Passing Generation One after another, cities, towns and villages fell to the hands of troops and the city of Yafa, where we lived was amongst them. My father was…