Tag Archives: ISLAM

In the wake of any putative"terror attack", many Muslims can be seen sitting with bated breath, keyboards and phones at the ready, waiting to condemn...

On this 14th of August, whilst one Muslim nation celebrates its supposed independence from colonial subjugation, Muslims of the world cannot help but remember another Muslim nation's cry for their own independence from subjugation. Ahmed Hammuda recounts one of the bloodiest massacres of unarmed protesters in recent world history, whose perpetrators are still at large... Never forget their sacrifice

Powerful and sustained propaganda has replaced ‘al-Haram al-Sharif’ or ‘al-Aqsa’ in public discourse with the phrase ‘Temple Mount’. But what is it, and does it really exist?

This Ramadān has been full of ups and downs for our community. Sh Haitham discusses the victories and challenges this Ramadān in his 1438 Eid al-Fitr Khutba...

Click above to watch the video. Shaikh Haitham reveals some scary stories about how many practising Muslims have a lazy attitude towards Zakāh. This is a very troubling issue since it is a pillar of Islām and not paying the right ...

Shaikh Dr Haitham al-Haddad congratulates Turkey on its historic referendum, in spite of the systematic demonisation of Turkey's leadership across the west...

[For a detailed historical insight into the fall of the Caliphate watch the video above, 1914; The shaping of the Modern Muslim World by Sheikh Yasir Qadhi]   “We must put an end to anything which brings about any Islamic unity ...

I have always found it fascinating to read the various pity pieces about Muslim women; how we need saving from hairy chest-and-women-beating Muslim men; how our hijabs should be ripped off by the illuminated hand of enlightenment rationalism; how we ...

The Politics of Hijāb The hijāb is a concept which goes beyond the sublunary. It connects to the spiritual by obliterating worldly expectations in favour of conformity to that which is most pleasing to Allāh, Most High. It is, for ...

In the run up to Christmas and the New Year, the Nativity was re-enacted by school children across the country. The entrance of the Magi is always one of the highlights. ‘For a moment, the sober Christian story seems to shimmer ...