British writer and political advisor Ed Husain, from London, has penned Among The Mosques: A Journey Across Muslim Britain, which will be released next week.
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RITAIN HAS a glorious tradition of writers getting on their bikes, real or metaphorical, and pedalling off to discover the country. Two of the best examples of the genre were published during the Great Depression, J.B. Priestley’s “English Journey” (1934) and George Orwell’s “The Road to Wigan Pier” (1937). Bill Bryson had such a hit with “Notes from a Small Island” (1995), selling more than 2m copies, that he decided to repeat the exercise with “The Road to Little Dribbling” 20 years later.
Ed Husain’s new book, “Among the Mosques”, is a fascinating addition to this tradition, taking readers inside religious institutions that most non-Muslims only experience as domes on the horizon. The country’s first two mosques were founded in Liverpool in 1887, in a terraced house, and in Woking in 1889, on a grander scale. There are now almost 2,000 serving a Muslim population of more than 3m. Some heavily Muslim areas such as Blackburn’s Bastwell district have
Pannelists T.J. Leyden, Usama Hasan, Melvyn Haward Jr., Maajid Nawaz, Susan Cruz, Paul Carrillo and moderator Jared Cohen speak at the Youth Radicalization Redefined during the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theater on April 29, 2011 in New York City [File: Jason Kempin/Getty Images/AFP]
The news that the Quilliam Foundation, a so-called counter-extremism think-tank, has closed, was welcomed by many – particularly by Muslims who have long been targets of the harmful practices of the organisation. On April 9, one of its founders, Maajid Nawaz, announced on Twitter that the decision was made due to the “hardship of maintaining a non-profit during Covid lockdowns”.
Gender equality and Islam: Why Muslim men must recall the spirit of the progressive Prophet
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Some will say that because I am a man I cannot write about women. But as a man, I say that it is incumbent upon men to become champions for achieving full gender equality.
It is men who, too often, hold women back from being seen and therefore treated as equal citizens in the eyes of the law. Men control most parliaments, law-making processes and law-enforcement institutions, write many of the books, and interpret religious teachings.
Change comes through all of us working together, not pitting ourselves against each other. Our identity is as equal citizens of our nation states not as members of clubs segregated by gender, sexuality, race or religion, fighting for political power.
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Nick Timothy [may Allaah guide him to the right path] stated regarding the terrorists who carried out the attacks at a synagogue in Vienna -Austria:
Indeed, Nick’s above statement contained both truth and falsehood, fact and conjecture etc. There is no doubt that the terrorists are motivated by blameworthy hatred founded on misguidance. There is not a single one of us except that he or she does love or hate something, but neither are we – whether Muslim or Non-Muslim – led to something blameworthy nor transgression. As for the upright Muslims, they know that their Lord commanded them to establish justice on behalf of everyone. Allaah [The Mighty and Majestic] said: