Islam Category

Russia/Georgia - Are we even bothered???

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August 27th, 2008

Note: We’ve been having on/off problems with the blog recently.  Wordpress has been a little unfriendly. Anyone know if Movable Type is more stable? This post is 2 days late. Please read this post by Craig Murrey for good Q&A on the conflict.

Beginnings of a new cold war? How about talk of a World War [...]

Gender Equality

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August 22nd, 2008

This title must look funny on this website, as we all know that gender equality is a cry only monopolised by the capitalist states, who are the stalwart advocates for it. Though looking a bit of an oxymoron on this Islamic website there are a few tales about this idiom I would like to explore [...]

Conflict in the Caucasus

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August 20th, 2008

I know many of us have been caught flatfooted regarding the latest events in Georgia. For one thing, I’ve always had trouble spelling ‘Caucasus’ and Abkhazia sounds like it was a name made up for the next installment of Call of Duty. Whilst I am also sure there are many around who had originally thought [...]

The New Muslim Marriage Contract

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August 9th, 2008

For too long, we have had an Islam which has its roots in a book that was written 1,400 years ago in a hot, violent place in the middle of nowhere with too many camels.  Seriously, most of us haven’t been there, don’t know anyone from there, and feel more at home in a “two [...]

Can a Muslim be a Metrosexual?

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July 31st, 2008

Since I’m waiting for some of the other contributors of this blog to add something serious, I thought I might write about something lighter hearted. Anyways its darned hot now in London, and I can’t get to sleep.
So what did I just do? I went to the local 24hr Tesco’s to do some late night [...]

Islam, The Gold Standard and Low Taxation (Part II)

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July 25th, 2008

Part 1 can be found here
In this post Insha’Allah, I’ll be having a brief look at the concept of currencies, and the history of money. This is still just a preliminary glimpse into the whole subject field.
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Earlier this week Zimbabwe announced their latest note, which has a face value of 100 Billion dollars. One could [...]