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Life is filled with trials and tests, but somehow we never recognise half of them in the mundane encounters of daily life. ‘Do you think you will be left to say, “We believe”, and will not be tested?’ we remind ourselves as calamities unfold on our television screens. Tornados rip a town to pieces, and [...]

I feel sorry for my brethren of South Asian descent. For when it comes to the English, they cannot win. As non-Muslims, the English attack them for colonising this green and pleasant land with mosques — for taking over and making Britain Islamic. Yet as soon as an Englishman embraces the deen, he is all [...]

Last week I was saying alhamdulilah for words that made me angry, for I thought it was fuel to help me get a job done. I was going to write a post about how anger—when channelled in the right direction—can be something positive, and something useful. Anyway, I didn’t have time in the end, because [...]

Inexplicable rage: I experienced this yesterday lunchtime. I usually walk to the mosque for the midday prayer, for it’s just fifteen minutes away, but with heavy showers coming and going all day I decided to take my car. My journey would be quicker that way and I was sure not to get a soaking as [...]