Media conditioning tends to play havoc when trying to judge a book by its cover. I always thought the book ‘Catch-22′ by Joseph Heller would be a complex spy thriller, with the protagonist stuck in a no-win save-the-world-or-save-the-girl type situation. After all, that’s how the pundits always frame the term ‘catch-22′. In fact I continued [...]

Who are you?
It is not a conventional question that one asks in day to day affairs. However, it is food for thought for those who ponder which culture or group of people to fit into, or even governments that need to incorporate the immigrant population into their social strata. Nevertheless, it is a very important [...]

The ‘Jones’ is Sherry Jones btw, author of the book The Jewel of Madina.
I’m not writing to deliberate on Russell Brand or Jonathan Ross.
Erm… Okay let me just say a few words about Brand then. I really hate Brand.  Ughhh, I mean can those trousers get any tighter? The worst I can esteem him with [...]

I remember only a couple of years ago when I decided it was time to get married.  Who would be that person who could complement my life, my personality and tolerate my shortcomings?  Once I’d find someone I thought the rest would be easy… but then the next question comes to mind… the Wedding!  SubhanAllah, [...]

Thanks for all the du’as and greetings for my new born baby. It truly is an exhilarating experience when seeing your child being born. No other experience can come close to such an occasion which Allah (swt) truly gifts to his servants. May Allah (swt) protect our children from the fitna of this world. Ameen.
When [...]

I’m being radicalized.  I’m slowly becoming an extremist, and it is because of the people around me.  Yes, I’m a young Muslim.
I regularly visit my local mosque, and I carry a copy of the Qur’an in my car.  I live in a community that surrounds me with people who were not born in Britain, and [...]