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“Did We not exalt your fame?”
reflections on the name “Muhammad”

“Did We not exalt your fame?”
reflections on the name “Muhammad”

For some time I have been thinking about the name “Muhammad” and how in recent times it is often repeated and mentioned and remains the name amongst names. No other name evokes as much emotion and interest as the name “Muhammad”. In modern times the name “Muhammad” is not alien to Western ears and that is thanks largely, by Divine Providence, to the boxer Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali was the most famous man on the planet and still remains a…

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Petition: Teddy Bear Teacher

Petition: Teddy Bear Teacher

The latest Muslim related controversy to raise its ugly head is the one about the British School teacher arrested in Sudan over allowing her schoolchildren to name a Teddy Bear “Muhammad”. There are a couple of issues here that need to be looked at, not least that this incident seems to again make Muslims look like a bunch of idiots in the way it has been handled. There is a clash of cultures in that in the West a teddy…

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The Hilya of the Prophet: Selections from the Salam of Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi

The Hilya of the Prophet: Selections from the Salam of Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi

as-salamu ‘alaykum, The Hilya of the Prophet: Selections from the Salam of Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi Wheresoever it fell, Life itself was revived Peace be upon that life-bestowing gaze Whom did he see? Let someone enquire of Moses Peace be upon the courage of one with such eyes! Those ears which can hear from both near and from afar Peace be upon that mine: rubies of charismata! How delicate the petals of that holy rose! Peace be…

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