The Muslim public debate forum, the Muslim Debate Initiative has announced that the Muslim community have publically invited members of the Far-right to an open public dialogue/debate on the 10th December 2009, at a prestigious central London venue to discuss their contentions on Islam, the Muslim community in England/Europe, and the impact of immigration, in [...]
I chaired the recent Muslim Debate Intiative debate between Muslim speaker Sami Zaatari and London Councillor & the head of the Christian Alliance Party, Alan Craig on the topic ‘Jihad on Trial – Is Jihad justifiable?’ During the Q&A time a questioner raised a point stating that Ibn Ishaq narrated that the Prophet (peace be [...]
FATHER FRANK’S RANTS Rant Number 369 29 October 2009 Open Letter to Islamophobe Dutch MP Geert Wilders Dear Mr Wilders, They say you can only take a horse to the water, you can’t make it drink. But human beings are not horses. Unlike animals, they can be reasoned with. I offer these few remarks in [...]
In this talk (link below), Sheikh Abdal Hakim offers some thoughts on the increasingly assertive evangelical trend in Christianity, and how Muslims can constructively repsond to it. He emphasises firstly the importance of the Qur’anic principle of responding with what is better, and not being dragged into the abusive slanging matches so often sadly seen [...]
Sam Jones guardian.co.uk, Friday 23 October 2009 22.00 BST The mood among worshippers gathering outside at the East London mosque today was one of indifference and irritation rather than fear and loathing. “They can have their voice heard and that’s fine,” said Jalal Ahmed, a local maths teacher. “We’re here to contribute, we are British [...]
I originally wrote this post in October 2008, and due to a conversation I had yesterday with Alan Craig – Head of Christian Peoples Alliance Party about apostacy, I decided to put it on my front page again. He has promised to write a reply and post it on his blog. Muslims today are often [...]
In the current political climate, with the war going on in Afghanistan, political instability in the middle East, and multiple insurgencies against occupation and oppression on-going throughout the Muslim world, what is the correct response to this for Muslims who affirm belief in the Quran? Does Islam command a blindly violent approach, or does it [...]
Today a stranger came into my office and told me he is dying of cancer. I work as a funeral arranger in London and I am no stranger to grieving families visiting me to arrange the funerals of loved ones. He wanted information about being buried in a cemetery, and to chat. But meeting this [...]
by Vikram Dodd guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 October 2009 The government programme aimed at preventing Muslims from being lured into violent extremism is being used to gather intelligence about innocent people who are not suspected of involvement in terrorism, the Guardian has learned. The information the authorities are trying to find out includes political and religious [...]
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