By Afsheen Mehmood This summer I was blessed with the opportunity to visit and pray in Masjid Al Aqsa, the third holiest site in Islam. To say that I was anxious about this trip would have been an understatement. For years I had thought that given the political troubles in the region, visiting Masjid Al Aqsa would be completely out of the question. In addition, … Continue reading To Palestine & back: Tourism will not save Al-Aqsa
Iman Amin How eager we were seeking reward during Ramadan, and how quickly its days left us. Yet as we hear of friends and relatives departing for the pilgrimage to Makkah, another blessed time has commenced. The first ten days of Dhul Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar. It is regarding these treasured days, that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is reported to have said: … Continue reading Making the most of Arafah
A Muslimah writes Wife beating, discrimination, imprisonment, inferior, seclusion from society, subjugation, enslaved to men, second-class citizen. Put these words together and the title “Islam and women” would probably come to the minds of many. So when in 2011 the multi-faith organisation, Faith Matters published the findings of its report that of the 100,000 British converts to Islam that live in the UK, almost two … Continue reading Why are Western women turning to Islam?
Haadiya Va سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آَيَاتِنَا إِنَّه هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ “Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al- Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.” [17:1] On Friday 14th July, following a shooting … Continue reading Everything you should know about Al-Aqsa’s “Day of Rage”
By Iman Amin Rohingyan Muslims make up roughly one million amongst Burma’s fifty two million Buddhist population. They are a people of South-Asian origin who once lived in Arakan, an independent state (which is now called the Rakhine state). Arakan is on the western border of Burma, near what is now Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims are being persecuted to the extent where the term … Continue reading The forgotten Rohingya Muslims
The Qarawiyyin Project 