Contentions 18 out now!
Contentions 18 from Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
Contentions 17
Number 17 of Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad’s continuing Contentions series is out! Here’s a selection: 66.        The right objective of war is justice, not victory. 67.        You are either a worshipper or an idol. 68.        Without Sufism, Islam is not Islamic. 69.        Hospitality? You cannot serve both Abraham and Israel. 70.        The secret of marriage: as soon as you look at the clock, she gets angry. 71.        Under the Blue Baroness, the polytechnics did not become universities, the universities became…
BBC R3 Interview with Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
This is an excellent interview with Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad in which he discusses his reasons for converting to Islam in his teenage years. If you want to read about his conversion you can do so in the article Quicunque Vult, or, A teenage journey to Islam. Joan Bakewell explores areas of belief with artists, thinkers and other public figures. She talks to Cambridge University chaplain and Muslim convert Tim Winter, known as Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad. He explores the…