I’ve been in formal education for years… 21 years at last count (wow I’m getting old!) and I was beginning to think that maybe I’ve had enough of all this studying lark. Actually it isn’t the study that bothers me because I quite like learning new stuff, its the constant exams.In American schools, the two [...]

Anxiety: I’ve been delaying writing on this blog because it had struck me that my statements would be read and no doubt criticised by people like you. Worse still, they would be recorded on here “forever”. I had altered my actions because of my fear of the people. What I’d been neglecting to consider was [...]

We organised an iftar last Sunday which really showed me how the brotherhood amongst the Muslims continues to grow stronger even though some of the Western Governments have intensified their efforts to divide this Ummah.
Muhammad (saw) said: “The example of the believers in their mutual love, compassion and empathy is like that of a body. [...]

The obvious answer is, yes.
But, what I mean by this question is, do people change after they listen to us?
All of us would have different experiences with regards to this question and I would like to share some of mine with you.
As many Muslims might have experienced in recent months, the new anti ““ terror [...]

Tonight BBC2 will air a 90 mins documentary entitled “Battle for Islam”. It will show the broadcaster, writer Ziauddin Sardar, travel to Morocco, Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia in order to explore and create “different interpretations of Islam”. Among the interviewees is Sheikh Musharraf, who provides thoughtful insights into his brand new enlightened moderation path [...]

While busying myself with my dissertation (only a few days to go before hand in), I came across the several hundred news articles published in the US media about the existance of an apparent ‘terrorist’ leader living for the last 20 years on US soil. OK, fine, you get a couple of these stories coming [...]