“Every life is precious; the murder of countless innocent women like Sarah Everard or Sabina Nessa demands that we all take action now- by embracing equality, overcoming hatred and showing respect to ALL women whether they be our beloved mothers, sisters, darling wives or loving daughters…”
By Abu Aaliyah
“So all in all, Islamic education – at its root – is about growing in beauty as a person; as a believer; as a worshipper of God. At its heart is the imparting of meaning. Both Muslim parents, and Muslim teachers in Muslim schools, must understand that if home-schooling or Muslims schools are to be real alternatives to state schools, they cannot follow the very same paradigm of schooling chiefly in terms of job prospects…”
By Dr Uthman Lateef
“Pitiless, they continued a campaign of merciless indifference as they starved him, poisoned him with salt, and subjected him to prolonged periods of beatings and other punishments. Terrified of the stepmother who murdered him, Arthur’s grandmother recalls that the six-year-old burst into tears when he found out his stepmother was in the car to pick him up and asked: ‘Grandma, can I stay with you?’[3] The torturers on the other hand were indifferent to their abuse, relishing food and ice cream whilst the boy suffered in agony.”
Dr Husni Hammuda is the Muslim Chaplain at the University of Surrey, England. He has offered weekly tafsir lessons on selected verses of the Quran. These videos are now available on YouTube.
By Dr Hossam Roushdi
Our news headlines are full of crises: War, flood and famine: natural disasters and man-made disasters. The atheists mockingly ask: Where is God in all this? If God is All Merciful, why is this allowed to happen? This khutbah offers some interesting answers.
“Mawlid: to celebrate or not to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet sws? This question has been debated for centuries. What’s really …
By Shaykh Jibril Alao
Allah’s Chosen One, our beloved Prophet Muhammad sws had a radiant beauty that shone inwardly and outwardly. Anyone who saw him would be awestruck by his presence. We must do our best to copy his immaculate behaviour, so that we can bring something of his luminous character to our troubled times…
By Dr Hisham A. Hellyer
“Cape Town was home to one such community. It’s perhaps ironic that such a beautiful exhibition of culture came about in a community that had been befallen by slavery, exploitation and apartheid before finally witnessing the beginning of democracy in 1995, with the election of the onetime resistance leader Nelson Mandela as president..”
