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• The Problem with Muslims Dreaming of Past Glory

  By Abdullah al Andalusi on July 27, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve seen nationalists of every stripe praise and glorify the past of ‘their’ nations – and make some claim that their ancient civilisation, empire, or an inventor from their ethnicity, had contributed something that partly shapes the world today, or… Read More ›

• [VIDEO] How Islam Abolished Slavery in the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammed (saaw)

  By Abdullah al Andalusi on July 19, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on The Muslim Debate Initiative:
  Not so long ago in Western history, slavery was a brutal practice that saw humans put in chains, abused, murdered with impunity and left to die when no longer useful. Slavery was used…

• What is Islamic Spirituality? How Tawhid (Divine Oneness) gives meaning to the entire Universe [Abdullah al Andalusi]

  By Abdullah al Andalusi on July 12, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The videos are now available for the lecture I presented in the University of Nottingham, on the topic of ‘Islamic Spirituality: The Search for Meaning’ and the searching for meaning. There were quite a few Atheists in the audience that… Read More ›

• Are Some Counter-Terrorism Policies Causing Islamophobia? My Lecture at Surrey University

  By Abdullah al Andalusi on June 30, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Below is the video of the lecture I presented on ‘Islamophobia & Counter-Terrorism’ at the University of Surrey, on Friday 9th December 2016. The event was organised by the University of Surrey Student Union, Islamic Society. In this lecture I discuss the… Read More ›

• Imam Ghazali’s Obligation of Caliphate: A Response to ‘Mufti Abu Layth’

  By Abdullah al Andalusi on June 16, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  It was drawn to my attention that a critic has made some contentious remarks about a previous post of mine, where I copied out a large tract of text by the eminent Imam Ghazali from the section ‘On Showing that appointing… Read More ›

• ‘IT CANNOT BE DENIED THAT APPOINTING AN IMAM [CALIPH] IS OBLIGATORY’ [IMAM GHAZALI]

  By Abdullah al Andalusi on June 16, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Imam Ghazali and why the Imamah/Caliphate is an Obligation upon all Muslims My last post [1] critiquing the arguments of those who express rancour against the Islamic concept of a Caliphate (Khilafah) has, predictably, faced some critique of its own…. Read More ›