“If we take just one obscure corner of this vast field – that of the history of medieval science – we may be able to learn much about our views of Islam, and about ourselves as well…”
“..if even 1/10 of the wealthy in the Muslim World actually paid their zakat – most of the problems in the Muslim World would be overcome and you would see something of the beauty of the Medinan alternative…”
“So the Quran teaches us a new way to look upon history. It is not “ancient stories” but living truths. It teaches us to erase the distance between ourselves and the past and to call forth the past like memories, till a total picture of the history of truth is formed….”
When remembrance (dhikr) of Allah is connected with the aspect of His mercy and compassion, that quality of mercy begins to manifest within one’s own character – it gains a real, living presence and the heart expands with it’s growth. One’s thinking, words, actions, and all one’s relationships within families, communities, and in the wider world begins to display this mercy…
The founder of the Cambridge Muslim College looks likely to create a positive, British culture among young followers of Islam
World religions too often seem predicated on prejudice, when their true roots lie in compassion
The British Jewish community must move beyond the idea that being ‘loyal’ means placing Israeli policy is beyond criticism
Deliberately or naively, cultural imperialism turns people from the colonies into mirror-images of their masters: They become little brown Englishmen, and little brown Europeans. They pose no threat to the status quo, in fact they help to keep things as they are. They reinforce the false notion of superiority of one human being over another, one cultural system over others…
