Tag Archives: JIHAD

"...the Muslims were welcomed by a large proportion of the ruling aristocracy and the Jews."

  “Here I am Allāh, Here I am to serve you here I am…” Hajj is the fifth pillar in Islām and is one of the greatest deeds one can accomplish in his or her lifetime. There is also another ...

The Muslim Brotherhood is today commemorating 90 years since its founding

A sinister narrative mirroring Srebrenica about "good" and "bad" rebel groups in Syria needs to be addressed if we are to prevent another genocide

Z A Rahman ponders over the difference: the revolt led by the Ulama of India in May 1857 & the Ulama of CVE in 2017...

If the justifications for recent military action against Muslim countries seem weak to non-Muslims, what do the people encouraging Muslims to join the military imagine they look like to us? The devastating effect that taking part might have on us is not completely unpredictable. Abdullah Thomson investigates Moral Injury in the new norm of pre-emptive war.

Abdul-Razaq al-Motarabiah Jilkhaf, the last surviving companion of the Libyan resistance leader Omar al-Mukhtar, who fought against Italian fascist colonists, died last Sunday, 26 February 2017 at the age of 112 (rahimahullāh). Omar Mukhtar etched his name in the annals of history when he valiantly defended his ...

Muhammad Ali’s biggest fight outside of the boxing ring was in the arena of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the court’s 1971 decision is a huge part of his legacy. What is also very interesting is that his case at ...

Islamophobia – a thousand years of deadly lies What we are witnessing in today’s socio-political climate is not the first period of intense propagation of Islamophobia in the West. There have been a few other periods which stand out in ...

Shaikh Dr Haitham al-Haddad highlights some salient points in response to the recent attacks in Paris. As usual, he cares little about the hypocritical expectations for condemnation from some quarters. Rather, he wishes to discharge his responsibility towards the young ...