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Current Affairs and Politics, Page 45

Lessons From the Intifáda

In recent days there were protest marches everywhere led by young people who were fed up with Israeli arrogance and brutality. They are fed up with American injustice and bias.

Building Power to Defend Islam

America pays 60% of the UN funds. Therefore, no person may be appointed as Secretary General without the blessing of the White House. No resolution may be adopted or implemented without their consent.

Ramadhán 2000

It is a reality that none of us is perfect. We all have some weaknesses and shortcomings and we find ourselves committing sins out of ignorance or out of submission to our desires and whims.

Muslims and the European Right

The new substitute for Antisemitism is resurgent in formerly Nazi regions as well. In Austria, the currently-triumphant Freedom Party seems no less mistrustful of the Muslim presence…

Allah came knocking at my heart

Anecdotal evidence suggests that there has been a surge in conversions to Islam since September 11, especially among affluent young white Britons…

Ramadhán, Millenium and Chechnya

There is no better way to show our gratitude and appreciation to Alláh, than to show Him self-restraint. We show that we are willing to resist our normal human needs, for those things we legally enjoy at any other time.

Ramadhán in History

Many Muslims today have a misconception of fasting and the activities of a fasting person. They go into a state of semi-hibernation spending the whole of daylight hours in bed at home. If they fear Allah, they wake up for Salah but then return to sleep immediately…

Tribalism, and UFOs

Families and extended families are bonded together by mutual love, respect and inter-dependence. As families grew in numbers, tribes were formed who congregated together in one area or moved around together providing mutual protection for their interests.