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 ›
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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 ›
The Problem of Learning How to do Dawah & the need for Muslim Intellectual Revival
Many Muslims approach Dawah like it is a list of arguments you need to learn to persuade people to become Muslim. Indeed, many Muslims have asked me to recommend them a list of books to read to ‘do Dawah’. However,… Read More ›
‘Islam Needs a Restoration, not a Reformation’ My Article published in Middle East Eye
I was invited by the Middle East Eye online newspaper to submit an article on the current demand by Western politicians and pundits, for the ‘Reformation of Islam’. Please read and share widely. Article Excerpts: “The desire for the reformation… Read More ›
Is Kant better than the Koran? The Dark Secrets of Immanuel Kant’s Ethics
The editor of the UK magazine, Spiked, Brendan O’Neill, wrote an article entitled ‘Why won’t we tell students that Kant is better than the Koran?’ (1). Brendan appears to argue that (the Secular Liberal philosophy of) Kantian ethics offers a superior ethical system… Read More ›
What is the West? The Origins and Definition of Western Civilisation [Part 2]
After the split of the Roman Empire into two parts. the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire [read Part 1], the Western Roman Empire eventually declined. In the second part of the origins and definition of the West,… Read More ›
My Response to Journalist, Andrew Gilligan’s Disingenuous Distortion of my Views
Journalist Andrew Gilligan has written an article against me, quoting sentences cut in half, and even inserting words to misrepresent my views, for the sake of media sensationalism. Furthermore, his article indirectly challenges my right, and the right of other Muslims,… Read More ›
Is the Terrorism Threat overblown? Some Food (and facts) for Thought
In the USA, every year, over 33,626 people are killed by guns. 16,121 people per year are murdered [1]. (The last accurate data collection for this was 2013). In 2013, the total number of deaths for Terrorism occurring GLOBALLY was… Read More ›
Review of the ‘Debate’ on ‘The Big Question: Does Islam Clash with ‘British Values’?’
On Friday the 12th June 2015, the organisation iERA set up their second debate of the ‘Don’t Hate Debate Series’ titled ‘The Big Question: Does Islam Clash with British Values’, featuring a Discussion On The Compatibility of British and Islamic Values…. Read More ›
