Going back to the beginning, shedding our baggage, and starting afresh

One of the greatest things I’ve come to experience in my public work and engagement, whether…


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Peering into the lizard’s hole: Dr Sherman Jackson and “political impotence”

As rejoinder to a critical article written by Ali Al-Arian for al-Jazeera, Dr Sherman Jackson…


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Sajid Javed, countering extremism, and singling out CAGE/MEND.

We live in age where it seems no longer to be the norm that politicians and governments, even of…


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The rise of delinquency

I once wrote on Twitter that extremists tend to present as complete dimwits, and although a couple…


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There was no black ‘contribution’ to Islam

It’s bold to claim there is no such thing as a black ‘contribution’ to Islam, and perhaps…


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Why scholars are withdrawing from the community

The first rule for those in Islamic scholastic training, especially that of a philosophical nature…


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The Media: Why is hate preaching limited to clerics?

The recent uproar around a “white Christian child” being “forced into Muslim foster care” has…


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Definition by faith and not cultural heritage

The increasing anti-Muslim rhetoric coming from members of the Cabinet in the wake of the Trojan…


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A Three Point Plan and Four-Step Solution

A true believer is fundamentally one who engenders Abrahamic monotheism and aspires to the highest…


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‘Normative Islam’ in Public Discourse

We are increasingly privy to those who speak on our behalf in public – and this is why it must be…


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Does Islam Need Defenders?

In an era when corporate capitalism has ordered our lives into a monotonous routine, defending…


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