Neglecting God for the Prophet

Now one would think that the title, at least to a monotheist, would be pretty problematic. Yet to…


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Maturity and dialogue through debate

In the past, I’ve spent many years debating various issues with a range of people. The petulance…


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Washing hair after sex

I have been repeatedly asked by numbers of believing women as to the laws of bathing (ghusl) to…


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#MuslimFails

In thinking about #MuslimFails, something I find to be super consistent on a communal level – of…


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Moving beyond village religion

I'm entirely devoted to the grand and civilisational way of thinking, talking about, and…


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Unpicking for Christians and Muslims

Dear good Christian and Muslim friends, there is great confusion on matters of faith and what it…


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Men, wives and mothers

One of the identifiable causes of marital problems that are brought before me is the lack of…


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“Go back to Pakistan” and the MCB’s response

Very recently, Conservative activist Theodora Dickinson tweeted that if Labour shadow minister…


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Muhammad didn’t have ‘slaves’

In this post I’m not interested in what people do or have done, but with normative shar’ī…


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Race, Ethnicity and Community: Where do we go?

It’s simplistic to argue that religious spaces need to be inclusive when we factor in that these…


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Racialisation, Muslim spaces, and ethnocultural communities

In order to meaningfully discuss the ‘black experience’ in British Muslim spaces, there are a few…


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Believers and the ‘black experience’

Before moving on to discussing the 'black experience' in private communal contexts (mosques,…


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