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Month: April 2008

OXFORD WEEKLY MADRASA PROGRAMME – Report

OXFORD WEEKLY MADRASA PROGRAMME – Report

I attended the inaugural session of this wonderful programme today with my wife and children. Whilst no actual lessons took place (apart from a brief one by Shaykh Afifi), it was a chance for the organisers to present the programme to give a better idea of the format and lessons to be taught. Every Sunday except the last Sunday of every month from 1.30pm until 6.00pm a one hour lesson of Classical Arabic will be taught, followed by a lesson…

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Book: Transcending Jerusalem

Book: Transcending Jerusalem

I recently set up a website to promote the book Transcending Jerusalem by Peter Stockton. In this book, Peter Stockton, from his perspective as a Muslim, reflects on this troubled history. Hurt by tribalism, idolatry, and human egotism, the city of David, Solomon, Jesus and Muhammad seems to lie at the epicentre of a cosmic drama. Stockton suggests that if Jerusalem is the heart of the world, and that the health of that heart lies only in fidelity to God,…

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