The Political Class in Crisis by Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi

Across the world the formulaic system designed to free banking programmes from state control is in crisis. Everywhere the political class are despised and distrusted. Everywhere the myth of government as representational is exposed. The majority of citizens in the so-called democracies are against the Afghan war yet each country in the pretended ‘coalition’ finds …

The Expansion of the Universe and the Qur’an – Abdassamad Clarke

The following examination of the ayah of Qur’an which is taken to refer to the expansion of the universe is a single example of what is becoming a burgeoning literature among Muslims claiming that science proves the Qur’an to be true. This literature can be said to date from the book of Maurice Bucaille: The Bible, …

Interview with Abdassamad Clarke

Abdassamad Clarke is from Northern Ireland and studied Maths and Physics in Edinburgh. In 1973 he accepted Islam at the hands of Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi, later travelling to study Qur’an, Arabic and the deen in Cairo. He translates from Arabic, edits and typesets books on Islam, and is currently, along with Shaykh Ali Laraki, …

Was Goethe a Muslim? – Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi

Authorized by the Amir of the Muslim Community in Weimar, Hajj Abu Bakr Rieger, Weimar, 19th December 1995 Goethe said that there is “much nonsense in the doctrines of the [christian] church.” (Conversations with Eckermann, 11.3.1832) In his “Divan” Goethe stresses the value of the precious present moment rather than having the Christian attitude of …

Nietzsche on Islam

from The Antichrist translated by: H. L. Mencken If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing with men…. 60. Christianity destroyed for us the whole harvest of ancient civilization, and later it also destroyed for us the whole harvest of Mohammedan civilization. The wonderful culture …

Mathematics’ Imperious Sway

by Abdassamad Clarke Introduction Pure Mathematics Constitutionalism and the Declaration of Independence Orientalism Modernism: al-Maududi, a case study Conclusion Introduction Mathematics has affected the age we live in in ways that most people are unaware of. Indeed, mathematics from having been the handmaiden of philosophy and something intellectually analogous to the physical exercises and training …

Health is an Intention

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful Health is an Intention AL-MANAAR MUSLIM CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTRE 244 Acklam Road, London W10 5YG Saturday 7th April 2007 Our imam in Norwich, Shaykh ‘Ali Laraki, often told us: “Reaching a judgement is a branch of having visualised it.” i.e. before one can reach a …