I spent this weekend past in Bristol on a Media Training course organised by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations project, it brought together a diverse group of about 40 Muslims including community leaders, activists, writers, bloggers and opinion leaders, the youngest of whom was 21. The course, Best Practices for Media Management, ran over two days and was conducted by New York based Fenton Communications. The areas covered were:
Two new articles by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad Contentions 14 here are some selected gems: 40. Formalism? Only Sufism fills out the forms. 41. Without the rusum you haven?t got a prayer. 42. Atheism: I live, and I will die. Theism: I live, and I will live. Tariqa: I am dead, and I will live. Haqiqa: Allah is Alive, and does not die. 43. Islam, by veiling her, reveals her; Edom, by unveiling her, erases her face. 44. Her charm…
A new article on masud.co.uk Britain?s Pakistani communities and their contribution to the Italian Campaign of World War II by Jahan Mahmood, Visiting Lecturer, University of Birmingham, April 2009 Britain ?couldn?t have come through both wars if they hadn?t the Indian army? Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck This paper explains the historical and political reasons behind Muslim recruitment during the Second World War. It provides a breakdown of Muslim casualties in Italy according to recruitment areas within British India and…