The lecture will be about the confusion facing people in both the West, including Muslims residing there, about how to navigating the competing ideologies of the “right-wing” and “left-wing” factions. I present the origins of this “scale”, and how the… Read More ›
UK. Europe, North America & Muslim communities in the West
The Ludicrous Confusion of Muslims who adopt Liberalism
The cartoon by ‘Muslim Safe Space’ below is hilarious but sadly true. This is what happens when some Muslims adopt Liberalism and inherit along with it, the contradictions within the morality of [Social] Liberalism… Social Liberalism went beyond Classical Liberalism,… Read More ›
Presenting the Islamic position in a TV Debate with Nicky Campbell, feminists, gamblers & an ex-Muslim, on Religion, Human Rights and Gambling
Yesterday I attended a live TV “debate” on the (in)famous “The Big Questions” on BBC 1 to discuss two topics, one related to whether there should be some controls on Gambling, and another, on whether some *communities* (i.e. religious communities)… Read More ›
Tommy Robinson is no “Free Speech martyr”
Tommy Robinson has gone to jail for contempt of court after breaching a previous sentence. His supporters portraying as a “martyr for free speech” who’s “only crime” was “raising awareness about issues no one else wants to talk about”. However,… Read More ›
The Problem with Muslims and Da’ees (callers to Islam) under the Western Concept of “Representation”
One of the problems Muslim Da’ees have encountered in recent years, is the attempt of post-modernism to not only undermine the bases of Islam as truth, but also the problem of “representation” that is often flung against Muslim Da’ees to… Read More ›
6 key points on Islam’s teachings on Reqaab and Jariyaat & the Muslim response to Western criticism of Islam & Slavery
The following is a transcript of the summary of key points from the video of my lecture on Islam & Slavery, presented on 24th March 2017, SOAS, UK. Please see the video for a fuller explanation and detailed evidences. 1st… Read More ›
SKY NEWS DEBATE: Should Sharia ‘Courts’ [Councils] be Regulated by UK Government?
Sky News Debate – 2nd November 2016 Host: Kay Burley Guests: Gita Saghal, Secularist and Feminist campaigner, honorary associate of the National Secular Society, and Director of Centre for Secular Space Abdullah al Andalusi, international speaker and debater, and co-founder of… Read More ›
The Cynical Political Exploitation of the Orlando Shooting & Some Inconvenient Facts
A shorter version of this article was published in Middle East Eye On 12th June 2016, in Orlando, Florida, Omar Mateen walked into a nightclub called ‘the Pulse’ at 2am and began shooting those inside leading to 49 fatalities and… Read More ›
My article on the Orlando Shooting published by Middle East Eye
Last week, I submitted an article to MME on the cynical exploitation of the tragic events of the Orlando shooting by hate groups, political lobbies and ideological partisans, to blame the Muslim community for the actions of a notably American… Read More ›
The Fanatical Insistence of Some To Campaign Under the Banner of ‘Muslim Feminism’
Muslims understand that Islam provides guidance and rights for all, women, men, rich, poor, young, old, able, disabled, Muslim and (rights for) non-Muslims. We call all this Islam, and when these rights are being neglected, Muslims are expected to campaign… Read More ›