Four men were praying on a beach facing the sea. Suddenly a great whale rose out of the water and crashed back into the sea creating an awesome scene before the men.
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A couple of days ago, I visited the leafy suburb of Chislehurst in Kent to see, or perhaps more keeping with the tradition, hear one of the most famous Indian hadith scholars of our time: Shaykh Yunus of Saharanpur. I had been advised by the venerable Shaykh Akram Nadwi to pay the Shaykh a visit.
The venue was Darul Uloom London, a relatively small madrasa, at its graduation ceremony - where about ten students graduated as ‘ulama’ this year. I use inverted commas as I am Read the rest of this entry »
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It’s very rare that you hear of new initiatives and issues taken up by mainstream Islamic organisations which are reported by the media. Muslims organising a conference on anti-Semitism? Impossible!
Alas…it did happen! And I was there to witness the recent packed event in Oslo Read the rest of this entry »
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The independent Palestine offered by Israel is not much better than the hell-hole that is Gaza. Why then, are Palestinians desperate for an ‘independent’ state?
In reality, the state will be anything but independent. Gaza is free from occupation, Israel tells us. Yet we all know it is one big prison Read the rest of this entry »
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When I met this very senior figure in our community two years ago – I thought it was merely a conversation to get to know one another. No so. When I met him again a few months ago – he introduced me to an organisation called ‘The Adab Trust’ a name that I had apparently ‘inspired’. Me? Read the rest of this entry »
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