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The reality of this road is that it is difficult. It may be straight, but it is steep and at times rough, and often vulnerable to the molestations of bandits. As anyone who journeys to the highlands of any nation will know, the easiest route to the top of a mountain is via the winding [...]

This evening, my good friend, Rashid ibn Jeffrey of Hounslow, coined a new phrase to replace the tired out names given to those who embrace Islam later in life, such as converts, reverts and new Muslims. He proposed, and I accepted, ‘the dekafirnated tribes’. So overjoyed was I by this innovation that I agreed to [...]

He reads my words and then he frowns. ‘I want to hear your true voice,’ he mourns, ‘I was expecting something deep, something meaningful.’ But this is my true voice; this is what I am. We are the Pharisees in his mind, devoid of the spirit and light. If only, he weeps, we were as [...]

A week or so ago I received some advice that knocked me off course and disorientated me. Reflecting on their words, I found myself wandering around, wondering if I really had got everything wrong. I pondered on the advice and criticised myself for not being a dictator. And then, when I was done, I decided [...]

To become a faithful believer is not easy. This thought occurs to me repeatedly as I set out to renew my faith and recommit myself to God. This voyage has recommenced many times over, only for me to stumble again within days. This time I’m serious, I tell myself, but still it is a struggle. [...]

Salam alaikum, Some of you might have seen an article / heard a report on the BBC which suggested that the Turkish Government is preparing to “revise” Islam. I think this article in today’s Zaman (a mainstream Turkish newspaper) sheds some light on the BBC claims: http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=135202 Speaking with Today’s Zaman on Wednesday, Dr. Mehmet [...]

My email to Eddy Mair on Radio 4’s PM programme this evening: Can you prove to me that the huge crowds witnessed on the streets of Khartoum after Friday prayers today were because of the teddy bear insult? If you go to any Muslim city anywhere in the world after Friday prayers you will witness [...]

I have been reflecting quite a lot recently on what Christians refer to as ‘the addictive power of sin’, for I am one of those unfortunate souls that makes mistakes and repents only to repeat them again over and over. Faced with this phenomenon, I believe it is easy to appreciate how many Christians come [...]

Quote: justgrits.wordpress.com Bowes said, October 27, 2007 at 6:05 am Do you recall the murder of Victoria Climbié in the UK in February 2000? She died at the age of nine following months of barbaric abuse at the hands of her guardians, both of whom were evangelical Christians? She had been burnt with cigarettes, tied [...]

The beauty of Islam shows in the face of one who keeps silent about things he does not know and that do not concern him.

The following has been sent to me by the owner of the “Lesson of the Day” website, May Allah reward her. Imam Ibn al-Jawzi (ra) in his letter of advice to his son, wrote: Know, dear son, that days are but hours, and hours are but breaths, and every soul is a container, hence let [...]

Quote: “I am rather getting tired of the deafening silence of an immense majority of British Muslims when it comes to condemning terrorism.” Deafening silence? What, do we each run newspapers that have a daily circulation of 7,800,000 like The Sun? Or do we have access to an audience like BBC Radio 1 (9.8 million [...]