World Cup: Goals for life
“Allah wants us to enjoy the fruits of our hard work. He wants us to work hard and to enjoy a nice car and a nice home in a nice neighbourhood. But this should be the by-product of worship, not the main agenda…”
Real Heroes: Salahuddin Ayyubi (Saladin)
“Salahuddin’s skill in warfare and generosity in victory won him many admirers. His personal physician was a famous Jewish scholar, Rabbi Moses Maimonades. Honest historians say the golden age of Jewish civilization was enjoyed under Muslm rule….”
Islam and Patriotism
“Beware of the politician who tells you that to make us feel safe over here, we have to make life unbearable for someone else over there. Patriotism is no excuse for foreign invasions driven by Big Oil and the arms industry…”
The Future of Islam
All praise be to Allah who favoured us with the blessing of Islam and Iman. I bear witness that none is worthy …
Islam is Green
Islam has always promoted a “green” agenda: respect for the environment, avoiding greed, waste and pollution. This very modern concern is at least 14 centuries old….
False Choices: Are you British, European, American or Muslim?
“A Muslim can be Pakistani, Bangladeshi or Egyptian by birth, British by nationality and at the same time be an obedient son, a loving father, a loyal husband and a helpful neighbour. One can be all this at the same time, with no contradictions. The contradictions only exist in someone else’s mind…”
Beware of Cultural Imperialism
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…
Let’s give Obama a chance!
President Barack Hussein Obama’s Cairo speech is an historic window of opportunity… for America and the Muslim world to find common ground, and to build on shared values…