I have been following the three part “The Birth-Date of the Prophet and the History of the Mawlid” by Yasir Qadhi and was interested to see what his conclusions were. One particular passage in the last part (Part III) had me scratching my head, leaving aside the other issues of accuracy and the veracity of what he has written for people more expert in these matters than me.
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad heads up a new college in Cambridge: The Cambridge Muslim College supports the development of training and Islamic scholarship to help meet the many challenges facing Britain today. The college is dedicated to maintaining academic excellence and pushing the boundaries of Islamic learning in the West. http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org
Gazelle Media Ltd is a media company set up by Navid Akhtar, they produce Radio and TV programmes for a diverse range of media outlets including the BBC. They recently produced The Black Cube radio documentary about the Ka’aba, that aired on BBC3 [flashvideo file=http://www.gazellemedia.co.uk/files/project_media/Gazelle_Video.flv /]