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 ›
ARTICLES
The Problem with Muslims Dreaming of Past Glory
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 ›
‘IT CANNOT BE DENIED THAT APPOINTING AN IMAM [CALIPH] IS OBLIGATORY’ [IMAM GHAZALI]
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 ›
Why Do Some People from Muslim Backgrounds Hate the Islamic Belief of the Necessity of a Caliphate (Khilafah)?
[a tale of mental Colonialism and being ashamed of Islam] Many people who convert/revert to Islam are awe struck and amazed with the profound idea at the core of Islam, that mankind’s place in the universe is part of… Read More ›
The Secularisation of Ehsan (Islamic Excellence)
Ehsan, is the Islamic concept of doing good, and additionally, attaining excellence in the good, both in belief and action. The word can also be used to emphasise sincerity (earnest and seriousness to achieve good in an action), and doing… Read More ›
Why Muslim Governments Were Never Serious about Deposing Assad and Rescuing Aleppo or the Syrians
Recently, there was sad news of the fall of almost half of opposition held Aleppo, and the rising possibility of the return to subjugation of the Syrian people by a sectarian and tyrannical dictator. Additionally, the Syrian regime has allied… Read More ›
The Strange Truth Behind the 2016 US Presidential Elections
Today, many (U.S.) Americans will be going to the polling stations to select the next President of the United States of America. This year sees a difficult choice between apparently ‘two’ candidates: one a populist business man demagogue whose rhetoric… Read More ›
The ‘You Share the Same Ideology as ISIS’ argument [Part 2]: The New Godwin’s Law
It has been a common feature in debates and especially internet ones, is the age-old use of Nazi comparisons and analogies to win just about every argument that is conceivable. The use of Nazis (The term Nazi, is an acronym… Read More ›
“The Turks are Coming!!”: The Ignorance behind Nationalist criticisms of Turkish military intervention in Syria and Iraq
I’m writing this to comment on the supposedly ‘scary’ claims drummed up by Western pundits, Liberals and nationalists, that Turkey wants to re-establish control over north Syria and north Iraq, violating Iraqi and Syrian ‘sovereignty’, to incorporate these lands into… Read More ›
Islam and the Issue of Same-Sex Marriage amongst non-Muslims
Recently, a reputable Muslim scholar based in the US, that deserves great respect for his beneficial work, wrote an interesting piece on the historical Muslim tolerance of the non-Islamic practices of non-Muslim minorities in Islamic lands during the time of the Islamic… Read More ›
