In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful and may Allah bless His slave and messenger Muhammad and his family and companions and grant perfect peace.
Confucius, when asked about the first act of government, said: “Call things by their right names”. There is something genuinely mysterious about this language we use, we human beings, which must be considered before embarking on the use of it and before using it to tackle the largest purveyors of language and their doings in …
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“There is no disagreement about what you say…” At the 4th Muslim Lawyers’ Conference in Potsdam 29th June – 1st July 2001, a group of ‘ulama and imams assembled to discuss the zakat and related matters. The names of those present are appended below the statement issued after the gathering. To open the meeting, Hajj …