07.02.2020
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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25.08.2019
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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22.07.2019
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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01.04.2019
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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03.11.2017
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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23.10.2017
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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23.10.2017
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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23.10.2017
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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18.06.2016
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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27.10.2015
‘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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01.05.2015
Does Islam Need Defenders?
In an era when corporate capitalism has ordered our lives into a monotonous routine, defending…
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