Shaikh Afifi on terrorism
Shaikh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti has published a long article fisking an article apparently written by Omar Bakri Muhammad, which calls actions like the Sept 11 hijackings “a viable option in Jihad” for Muslims who...
Category: Islam
New kangaroo court outrage
Ginny mentioned a report about yet another incident involving the oppression of a Muslim woman by a kangaroo court full of ignorant local elders, this time in India. The local assembly demanded that a...
Abu Sofia on recent Mawlid event
I asked brother Abu Sofia to do a write-up of the recent Mawlid event in London, Uniting for the Prophet (sall’ Allahu ‘alaihi wa sallam). I intended that he submit it on his own...
Student wears ‘burka’ for a semester
I found a report on website of the Eastern Echo, the student magazine for Eastern Michigan University, about a female student who wore a “burka” for a semester as a kind of academic project....
Shaikh Sudais on moderation
The papers are reporting that the topic of the sermon in the Haram this Eid was moderation. The Guardian reported (hat tip: al-Muhajabah) that Shaikh Sudais, the state-appointed khateeb, gave a speech condemning militancy:...
Yet another ‘false Eid’?
It appears that this Eid is going to be another “two-day” affair, with a large number of mosques planning to hold their Eid on Thursday following the announcement from Saudi Arabia. I’ve been asked...
The Harry’s Place gang on Qaradawi
Yet again it seems that Ken Livingstone is in trouble over his meeting with Shaikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Ken (as we all call him) has posted a defence (in PDF form) of his meeting on...
Islamic chain-letters: an oxymoron?
Yet again I’ve received what amounts to an “Islamic” chain letter, this time asking people to add their names onto a list of people objecting to a forthcoming offensive film about Nabi ‘Isa (‘alaihi...
Qaradawi on equal blood money
Yusuf al-Qaradawi has called for “equality” in the allotment of blood money on account of manslaughter during a forum in Qatar’s Supreme Council for Family Affairs. (I’m commenting on this here because Al-Muhajabah’s blog,...
Using Islam to suppress Islam
Here’s a report from Reuters about what sounds like an attempt by a secular government to use “Shari’ah” in order to suppress Islam (linked off Ginny’s blog): On 6 November, Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov...
First Ahlus-Sunnah tafseer book published in UK
A brother on BewleyUpdates has posted details of what he says is the first Ahlus-Sunnah tafseer book published in the UK, in English and Urdu, written by Shaikh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, the principal...
William Dalrymple on Sufism
There is an article by William Dalrymple (of White Mughals fame) in today’s Guardian, entitled Gateway of the heart, about Sufism being under attack in India from so-called Tablighis. While there is no doubt...
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon
From Khalil Abu Asmaa’: The great, noble, and pious Shaykh Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki passed away today in Makkah, Friday, Ramadan 15, 1425 / October 29, 2004… After a night of calling on the Lord,...
Look, they’re not Sunnis!
Last night, I heard someone on a British news channel refer to the terrorists who take people hostage in Iraq as "Sunni Muslims". This seems to be an "academic" definition of Sunni, which puts...