Al-Hasan said about amirs, “They take charge of five of our affairs: the Jumu’ah and the congregational prayer [jama’ah], the ‘Id, the frontiers, and the hadd punishments. By Allah! the deen will only be straight and effective by them, even if they are tyrannical and wrongdoing. By Allah! that which Allah puts right by means …
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The Festival of Life
The Norwich Festival of Life, Saturday 21st June – Sunday 29th June, 2008
Freedom of Speech
Menneskene ere dog urimelige. De bruge aldrig de Friheder, de har, men fordre dem, de ikke har; de har Tænkefrihed, de fordre Yttringsfrihed. People are completely unreasonable. They never use the freedoms they have, but demand those they don’t have; they have freedom of thought but they demand freedom of speech. (Kierkegaard, Either-Or)
The New Bedouins
The New Bedouins An Islamic Odyssey The Society of Islam in England presents a multi-faceted exhibition that provides a unique insight into Europe’s longest standing community of new Muslims and their journey from sixties London and Morocco to their arrival in Norwich and ongoing impact on national and international perceptions of Islam The Forum Atrium …
Headscarf ban
It is curious this matter of the headscarf being banned for judges in Denmark. The argument is that it is a religious symbol. Apart from any criticism of this bizarre reasoning, since I know of nowhere in the deen that proposes scarves as symbols, it is nevertheless clear that the reason the Danes and others …
Burma – Oil rears its ugly head yet again?
Current discourse in the media makes little sense. The international community wringing its hands in distress over the sufferings of the Burmese we knew for sure was hypocrisy of the worst sort, but we didn’t know why. However, this article from July 2007 makes it quite clear: They cannot afford to let the Chinese and …
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Risala – To a Young Man on the Edge
By Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi  Ya Walad – with these words our great scholars and Awliya have started their letters of counsel and guidance on the path of our sublime Deen. They were in every case words on the future life of the youth so that he should achieve maturity, and strengthen the Muslim community …
Shari’ah
Chapter 23 Tijarah – Trade, from Shari’ah by Abd ar-Rahman I. Doi, edited, revised and expanded by Abdassamad Clarke.
Makkah Imam Calls for Islamic Common Market
   Makkah Imam Calls for Islamic Common Market  15 March 2008 — Sheikh Saud Al-Shuraim, imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and a member of the teaching staff at Umm Al-Qura University, has called for the establishment of an Islamic common market.  Delivering his Juma sermon at the Grand Mosque …
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Malikis praying with their arms by their sides
A fabricated story has gained some credence among some Muslims who say that Imam Malik’s arms had been damaged, may Allah be merciful to him, in the punishment inflicted on him by the governor of Madinah, and that he was thus unable to fold his arms over his chest in prayer, and that the Malikis …
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