“O you who have believed, fear Allah and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers. And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allah and His Messenger.” Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:278-279 Dealing in interest is amongst the most serious injections in Islam with clear cut (qa’ti) texts directly in the Qur’an. And for those who argued that trading is like interest Allah (SWT) explicitly corrects this misunderstanding with “Allah has permitted trading and forbidden interest” from Surah Al-Baqarah (Chapter 2, Verse 275) These verses have driven Muslims to…
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The Gaza genocide has reached its third anniversary, and hundreds of innocent people continue to be killed despite a ceasefire. The war has spread to Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. The instigators of these wars are getting richer and more powerful from defence and oil contracts, while the victims are being killed daily. The occupiers are now threatening the West Bank as they did Gaza. This genocidal threat came from Smotrich, the far-right Israeli leader, who has been instigating settlers to terrorise Palestinians in the West Bank. The fact that there is no Hamas in the West Bank exposes the…
AI could lead to the extinction of the human race. That’s the prediction from leading AI developers. The probability of the end of times differs among AI leaders but according to Jacob Coxon, an ex-Anthropic researcher, there’s a 10% chance that AI could end up killing humans. The concerns are worrying in their own right but coming from so-called insider whistleblowers like Coxon they are extremely alarming. These Doomsday predictions emerged following an experiment by Open AI, a US not for profit organisation behind ChatGPT. Known as the Hugging Face incident, a swarm of several hundred AI agents, testing Open…
🎧 Audio Discussion Included The chief strategy in restoring confidence in any system and winning the battle of ideas, is through live demonstration. Western ideologues and far-right politicians often boast about Western liberalism and capitalism’s success in making modernity and creating the most advanced civilisation—one that supposedly provides the highest possible standard of living. They do not have to say or argue this; they just have to ‘be’ and to demonstrate. The example of of the use of American advancement, of culture at the end of the cold war with its music and TV and standard of living was one of…
The on-going war in the Middle East provides important geopolitical lessons for Muslim leaders, the political class, Muslim analysts, thinkers and wider Muslim populations concerned with improving the affairs of the ummah. US-Israel deals mean nothing It’s well known that Omani led talks between the US and Iran were close to a deal on the eve of the US-Israel war with Iran on 28 February 2026. The first strike by US tomahawk missiles on an Iranian school killing over 170, mainly girls, ended any deal in an instant as they were designed to do. These initial strikes also killed several…
Jason Arday, a Cambridge professor, took his own life after weeks of hostile criticism and ridicule in the press and on social media about his alleged plagiarism. Allegations of plagiarism against Arday were not new and had been cleared up before he became professor at Cambridge but were dug up again by a disgruntled ex Cambridge professor, an open white supremist, eugenist and pro Zionist, Nathan Cofnas. Cofnas seized upon Arday’s exaggerated claims about running numerous marathons in a short number of days and raising millions in charity that if brought to light would reopen doubts about his credentials as…
The football World Cup brings together 48 nations of the world competing for the title of champions. While we all love the football, the competition heightens nationalism, patriotism, pride, and loyalty to the nation above all else. The World Cup is a celebration of nationalism: standing for national anthems, honouring flags, lauding local languages, customs and traditions, and these supersede everything else. National pride is celebrated. What it means to be English is debated. The nationalism that was despicable when burning down refugees’ homes a month ago in Northern Ireland is today celebrated for bringing pride back to a nation…
The word Islamophobia has shaped modern anti-Muslim and anti-Islam discourse in the last two decades or so. There is no single definition of Islamophobia, although some working meanings exist. In the UK, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on British Muslims defines it as “rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness.” The fact that there is no single, widely accepted definition is testimony to the strong belief, particularly among right wing commentators, that there is no such thing as Islamophobia other than an anti-Islam perception held by some Muslims. They argue…
There is increasing public debate in the west about taxing wealth and the wealthiest in society. This article will look at the main reasons for the public concern? What are some of the causes of wealth inequality? Will taxing the super-rich work and how does Islam view these issues. Public concern There has always been a concentration of wealth from the landowners of the 17th and 18th centuries to the capitalist class of the 19th and 20th centuries. However, people have generally managed to get by: buying a bit of land or home of their own, some property, a new…
🎧 Audio Discussion Included The social system in the west is unravelling. Caught in the cross fire of the ongoing gender wars are the rights and the roles, of men and women, and the landscape of possible relationships between them. Helen Andrews argues that the last decade has witnessed ‘the great feminisation’, where for the first time women out-number men in many spheres in life. She argues that: “No civilization in human history has ever experimented with letting women control so many vital institutions of our society, from political parties to universities to our largest businesses. Even where women do not…