I don’t know how it happened, nor could believe that it could’ve happen – but yesterday, me and my fellow MDI colleague, Zara Faris WON the debate that SHARIA is FAIRER than ENGLISH LAW – in front of an audience… Read More ›
Zara Faris
The ISIS Flag over London? (TV Interview with Abdullah al Andalusi)
Levant TV interviews me on the issue of the so-called ‘ISIS Flag’ that was flown in a part of London. The interviews touches upon the context of the flag, its meaning, and raises questions about the motivation of the media… Read More ›
Sharia (Islamic) Law: Barbaric or Misunderstood? Bournemouth University, UK [13th March 2014]
A lecture I gave this year at Bournemouth University on 13th March 2014. The video includes not just a Q/A but the dedicated chaps at Bournemouth ISOC also recorded the discussions I had with people coming up to me after… Read More ›
The two kinds of extremist
There are two kinds of extremists, ones who sacrifice principles for convenience, believing it is wisdom, and those who sacrifice wisdom mistakenly believing they are following their principles. The first hides behind the justification that the world is complicated, the… Read More ›
Has the Caliphate been re-established by ISIS?
[Short answer: No…] Yesterday, the group that has swept to mass media attention in the last month, ISIS, claimed that the Caliphate has been restored in its ‘domains’, and called for Muslims to render their pledge of allegiance (bay’ah) to… Read More ›
ISIS in Iraq: Storm or Pawn?
Last week, much media coverage focused on ISIS’s capture of Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul. ISIS, which stands for ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’ declare themselves not just a Jihad army, but an actual ‘Islamic State’, and claim they… Read More ›
Zara Faris clears confusion on whether Muslims need Feminism
I’ve written a lot about Muslims and Feminism on this site, and I thought it would be a good idea to highlight the sterling work of sister Zara Faris, who is also member of the Muslim Debate Initiative. She has… Read More ›
