Even though the riots have nothing to do with religion, analysts and politicians seem determined to centre the debate around Islam, integration and identity. We are facing a case of political brinkmanship, a dangerous strategy …
Advice to students
In a way, every student is also making a kind of Hegira, a migration by travelling far from their homes and loved ones, in search of knowledge. And at a much deeper level, those who go forth in search of knowledge are making the Hegira or migration from ignorance towards Knowledge, Understanding and Wisdom…
Today, I want to draw attention to the our newest brothers and sisters, who have risked so much, and who have endured and are still enduring so much in order to be part of our global Muslim family…
This is a time for us to turn away from life’s many distractions, and to focus ourselves on the main agenda. What does God want from us? What is our particular role in the great cosmic scheme of things? Where should our energies and resources be deployed?
That which is Islamic is in a sense obviously that which is radical because it is rooted. Our’s is a time when to be rooted in the past, to be part of an organic entity that goes back centuries has become the strangest and the most unusual thing…
It is especially important these days, when life has become so frenetic, so full of countless distractions. We’re all caught up in the daily rush to get to work…
This day we contemplate our physical, intellectual and spiritual advances made during a period of intense and committed fasting. We also remember the physically and cognitively disadvantaged, the poor and needy, the sick and deceased…
