Deeds not words
Each stone was lovingly wrapped in paper bearing the handwritten words: ‘Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God’ . The missiles were then [...]
Life & Community
HELP! It’s the new academic year
… summer’s long expanse disappears and here you are with no time left for preparation. If this is you, you probably start the academic year feeling ruffled, that you are [...]
Children and Mental Health
Gone are the days of children happily playing outside, discovering the glory of life, restricted only by teatime curfews and pocket money limits. And now it seems that all we [...]
Adjusting to University Life
Any youths throughout the UK are getting ready to face the challenge of starting student life. For some the academic year at university will involve having to leave the [...]
An ethical community
We all imagine that we know the meaning of ‘community’, a word much bandied about by leaders and politicians who talk about the ‘farming community’, ‘the [...]
The earning that attracts God’s favours; a perspective from the Qur’an and traditions
One of the most inhuman outcomes of a modern welfare state is that it makes the conditions for full employment almost impossible. Depending on the economic situation, a [...]
Gaza the suffering goes on
Almost a year after the latest destructive war on Gaza, tens of thousands of Gazans are left with no proper access to basic supplies and remain homeless. Many [...]
The Travel of the believers
I take off at every opportunity I can, be it with family, friends or alone, exploring, photographing and documenting interesting stuff in exotic destinations and [...]
Spearheading changes in the Black community
The emergence of the industrial revolution and the advent of Capitalism saw some major changes in economic practices. They transformed the manner in which goods were [...]
Mission Motherhood
The status of a woman in Islam is often directly linked to her role as a mother. ‘Heaven lies under the feet of a mother’ is perhaps one of the most famous and oft-quoted [...]
