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Hussain رضي الله عنه & Karbala?

By Basharat Ali

The 10th day of Muharram is a very special day for Muslims. Why is this? There are two key reasons. Firstly, there’s the story behind  the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussain رضي الله عنه and the Ahlul Bayt at Karbala. Then there’s the day that Prophet Moses (Nabi Musa) led the Bani Isra-el across the Red Sea and the drowning of Pharaoh.

A school Prom, a hired Lamborghini, Muslims…?

By Basharat Ali

A hired Lamborghini driven by students on their way to a school prom crashed into a post office van. Fortunately no-one was seriously injured. But important questions arise for Muslims. High school proms are a fixture of the end of the school year. How do we protect our children from the harm of alcohol, sex and drugs that have become part of the Prom scene? This khutbah offers some thoughtful advice…

The last Hajj before the ‘end’ of The Treaty of Lausanne…?

by Basharat Ali
Nothing is impossible: Ask Prophet Ibrahim Alayis Salaam. His unflinching obedience to Allah is a timeless lesson for us all. Leaving his wife and newborn son Ismaeel in a barren valley, then many years later, offering to sacrifice that son, as an adult, was no simple matter. But Prophet Ibrahim was laying the foundations of the Hajj as we know it today…

Pakistan : The Generals, Judges, Establishment, Imran Khan etc

By
Basharat Ali

Imran Khan has been granted bail by the Supreme Court in Pakistan. He will be in secure accommodation, with food clothing and shelter being provided. Who, however, will grant ‘bail’ and set free (the suffering and struggling) population of Pakistan which has been held as a ‘hostage/prisoner’ since 1947?

AI and Chat GPT: Spiritual resilience and Ethics

By Omar Suleiman
“With the advent of AI and ChatGPT, how do Muslims approach convenience and rapid technological innovation with the proper spiritual resilience and framework needed to thrive? This timely khutbah raises important questions about the uses and abuses of of emerging technology.”

Sudan

By Basharat Ali
Sudan is the latest venue for devastating conflicts suffered by millions of innocent people around the world. Big Power chess games, arrogance, greed and corruption are in play here. In Sura Al-Imran Allah says: “Let there arise from you a community that enjoins what is right and forbids what is wrong. They are the successful ones.”

Eidul Fitr 2023

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 Kashmir, India, in Iraq, in Syria, Yemen, 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)”

Al Aqsa, Qur’ān and Ramadaan

By Basharat Ali
“In Al Aqsa, we have seen, yet again, the cowardly, brutal, barbarity of the Zionist regime; which has been met with the courage, strength and patience of the lions and lionesses of the Ummah in Al Aqsa.

Do we, you & me, have any responsibility to help the Muslims of Al Aqsa if so what and will we be accountable for not doing so?”