In the superb biography of the Prophet Muhammad by Martin Lings Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources there is a wonderful paragraph about Muhammad’s counsel to his companions, ‘It was his wont to warn them continually that the privilege of living… Read More ›
Life in the West
The new opium for the people
Religion, opium for the people. To those suffering pain, humiliation, illness, and serfdom, it promised a reward in an afterlife. And now we are witnessing a transformation. A true opium for the people is a belief in nothingness after death… Read More ›
The dangers of Christian radicalisation
Yayah Snow who produced this video tells us: This lady, Hatun Tash, has been fed misinformation about Islam. She is part of Jay Smith’s Pfander Christian missionary group. In this video we see her, while being questioned by Matt Slick,… Read More ›
Another Christian church caves in to liberal secularism
One of the reasons I became disenchanted with Christianity is its tendency to go along with the spirit of the age at any given time. The Church, having abandoned much of the Divine Law (compare Matthew 5: 17-20), and retreated… Read More ›
The porn supremacy
Which countries do porn sites get their traffic from? This graph from PornHub is a handy guide http://econ.st/1MNPCGb It is interesting that all of the countries listed (except Egypt which comes last in the list) are Westem countries. Top of the list… Read More ›
Irving 9th-grader arrested after taking homemade clock to school: ‘So you tried to make a bomb?’
reblogged from The Dallas Morning News After taking a homemade clock to school, Irving MacArthur High student Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was taken in handcuffs to juvenile detention. Police say they may charge him with making a hoax bomb — though they… Read More ›
The Paradox of British Islam – Abdal Hakim Murad
A brilliant discussion of Islam, The English Church, Reformation, Catholicism, the ever evolving kaleidoscope of British values, and much, much, more. An intellectual feast! Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad’s Lecture was given at the University of Oslo in 2011. A transcript of… Read More ›
Why do Muslims want to settle in the West?
According to some Muslim commentators the West is an inhospitable place where Muslims are oppressed and vilified. But Robert Fisk, The Independent’s Middle East correspondent, gives us the bigger picture: “Europe and the West – what was once called Christendom –… Read More ›
“I Don’t Want To Be A Muslim Anymore”
How should we as Muslims deal with people who are having doubts about Islam or have left Islam? Answered by Dr. Jamal Badawi & Imam Zaid Shakir.
(Psst do you want to know a secret about Britain?)
then we went round plundering and subjugating the Colonies to make Britain ‘Great’
The rise of BritIslam
A UK newspaper, the Mirror, (actually a tabloid rag) has run a story about a London based Muslim, Sohail Ahmed, headlined, ‘I was a hate preacher who radicalised at least one Brit jihadi but I’ve changed after coming out’. According to the… Read More ›
Critiquing the ideology of Western liberalism
An excellent talk by Professor Jonathan AC Brown speaking on the “Challenges of Campus Life for Muslim Students” during a panel discussion held by the International Institute of Islamic Thought on 8/18/2014.
Slovakia ‘will only accept Christians’
Slovakia, a European Union member will refuse to take Muslim refugees, according to reports. Not surprisingly there has been no outrage expressed by other EU countries or the media. Blatant discrimination against Muslims is not an issue it seems. see… Read More ›
I am not a plant I am a human being!
On the lovely ‘BAN ISLAM IN THE UK TOTALLY’ site on Facebook just now:
Bishop reported to police for anti-gay comments
reblogged from Premier Sun 09 Aug 2015 By Antony Bushfield A gay rights group in Switzerland has made a complaint to police after a bishop in the country appeared to suggest homosexuals should be punished with death. Rt Revd Vitus… Read More ›
At last…
BBC reports: Anjem Choudary faces UK terrorism charges over Islamic State Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with inviting support for the so-called Islamic State. He and another man Mohammed Rahman, indicated they would plead… Read More ›
MP: use anti-terror powers on Christian teachers who say gay marriage is ‘wrong’
Today’s Telegraph reports: New Extremism Disruption Orders should be applied on those who “teach” traditionalist Christian views about marriage in the classroom New banning orders intended to clamp down on hate preachers and terrorist propagandists should be used against Christian… Read More ›
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