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The importance of the Qur’an

Ustadh Abdul Basith Awan

During the time of Caliph Umar, the spiritual health of the Muslims was at a high point, so Allah delivered Jerusalem into their hands. Today we number almost 2 billion, but our faith and influence is weak. Allah will only honour us with Jerusalem again, when we love Allah and His Prophet sws more than we love our own parents, our wives and husbands, our children and our material possessions.

A Call to Action: strengthening faith and supporting Palestine

By Musab Asghar

Amidst all the devastation in Palestine, the world also sees a truly inspiring people; people of Faith, resilience, grace and unswerving gratitude to Allah. The Palestinians have won millions of admirers around the world, and, inspired by their example, people are coming to Islam in greater numbers…

Palestine’s critical limit

By Ali Hammuda

In physics and chemistry, a critical limit is the point beyond which dramatic changes occur. The same rule is repeatedly taught n the Qur’an. When true believers reach the very limit of human endurance, Allah’s help arrives. You and I can encourage Allah’s help in Gaza and elsewhere, by ending our sinful behaviour that obstructs help from heaven.

Be a good Ambassador of Islam

By Talha Asghar

 In challenging times like these, Muslims must respond to bad behaviour with dignity and wisdom. As ambassadors of Allah, we should aim to win hearts, not arguments. The spontaneous gathering of thousands of ordinary people protecting mosques and asylum centres proves that there is a core of decency, a fitrah, in everyone that we can reach out to.

Eidul Fitr 2024 khutbah by Arshad Gamiet

By Arshad Gamiet

Islam is not a spectator sport. It’s not good enough for us to sit around, like couch potatoes in front of our giant TV screens, complaining and criticising without lifting a finger to improve the situation. Some of us think that we’re helpless, that the problems out there are too big and too complex. We sit there and we blame others and we complain. But there is so much that we can do to make a difference…

Text khutbah for Eidul Fitr 2024

By Arshad Gamiet
“In the midst of our Eid celebrations, let us also not forget how differently Eid is being celebrated right now in Gaza, in Iraq, in Syria, Yemen, In Kashmir, India and among the Rohinya Muslims in  Myanmar (Burma), the Uighurs in China and other places of conflict around the world. Allah has given us the blessing of safety and security over here. We sometimes forget how lucky we are….(To read further, please click on the picture above)”