Shaykh Yasir Qadhi was another person at the MLT conference in Denmark that I met. He is an intelligent and articulate young man and contributed quite positively to the event. I had never heard of him or his institute “al-Maghrib Institute” before, but it was apparent that he was a Salafi. There is a much touted discussion between him and Mona Eltahawi (journalist and commentator) that took place on the way to the MLT in Copenhagen, Denmark. It describes how…
Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, is someone I have known for the better part of 25 years, he is a dear friend to my father and I have had immense love and respect for him ever since. A no nonsense man and a very principled man. His sermons are a reflection of this and never once have I heard a speech from him that was not relevant to the conditions in which, we as Muslims, find ourselves in. From the…
From: Looking for converts to Islam By Sarah Lyall The New York Times THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2006 LONDON When he converted to Islam six years ago, Nicholas Lock, now 24, said he faced two immediate difficulties. One was the aggressive skepticism of his father, an English professor and Oxford graduate who mockingly asked, “Do we have a convert on our hands?” and then proceeded to cook pork for dinner – bacon, sausages, chops – every night for a week. The…