This was some nasihah to a dear friend (and to myself first)… as-salamu ‘alaykum bro, Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse for us in the UK, this happens and After all the hard work we all put in post 9/11 and 7/7. The whole Lebanon situation is infuriating I know and there is much confusion morally, socially, jurisprudentially as well. Hang in there bro, let’s do what we can in our own capacities to highlight the plight of…
With the recent terrorist atrocities in London, it is time for the Muslims communities of Britain to ask themselves serious and searching questions. How is it that a group of young Muslim men from Indo-Pak backgrounds, from relatively good families can end up causing death, injury and destruction to so many in their own country? Why have these men taken on the ideology of hate and why have they been whipped up into a state where they can kill and…
As someone born and raised in the UK, I am very much British. I am also a Muslim and I am proud of that fact, and doubly-proud that I am a British Muslim.Let me then go on to say how angry, sad, appalled, disgusted and outraged I am at the perpetrators of these attacks. These sentiments are shared by our entire community of right-minded people. If, indeed, the perpetrators describe themselves as Muslims, then I would like to say that…