By Azad Ali, on March 31st, 2010%
As the elections get closer, the ever decreasing naysayers start to bring out their messages of abstention and exclusion. There was a time, maybe a decade or two ago, when there used to be debate on political participation by Muslims living in the West.
These days the overwhelming majority of Muslim scholars have not only said that political participation is allowed but that it is to be encouraged. Amongst these majority voices are the largest body of Muslim scholars, the Fiqh Council of Jidda headed by the Mufti of Saudi Arabia along with scholars such as Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Shaykh Bin Bayyah , Dr Wahba Zuhaili, Dr Taha Jabir al-’Awani, Shaykh Abdul Karim Zaydan, Dr. Munir Farid Wasil, former Mufti of Egypt, Shaykh Nizam Yaqubi, Shaykh Haitham al-Haddad from the Islamic Sharia Council, Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam from Darul Iftaa in Leicester, Mufti Zubair Butt from the Al Qalam Institute, Shaykh Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Al-Shinqiti, Shaykh Salman Al Awdah, Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid and Maulana Khalilul Rahman Sajjad Nomani Nadwi. The list goes on, but I think you get the point.
Continue reading There isn’t a debate to be had
By Abdullah Hasan, on March 16th, 2010%
Our stalker Andrew Gilligan is keeping his word to the ‘concerned’ public (although procrastination is creeping in) to ‘expose’ the authors of Btl. He is still trying to misguide the readers with lies and innuendos. I’m telling you people – I’m on cloud nine as they say! I have never received such attention from a ‘respected’ journalist working for a national newspaper before. Well, not like this anyway.
In his blogpost Mr Andrew Gilligan quotes from a short blog I posted on my personal blog from the Muslim Public Affairs Committee’s website (www.mpacuk.org) in which the author poses a question: When is joining a mainstream political party regarded as ‘infiltration’? This is in reference to the allegations of ‘entryism’ made by Jim Fitzpatrick a few weeks back against the Muslims of Tower Hamlets. He then concludes his blog by stating: ‘’So how should Muslims respond? Simply by getting rid of Fitzpatrick and any other MP that makes such allegations at the forthcoming General Election. Fitzpatrick has a surmountable majority of just over 7,000 votes. If Muslims in the constituency organise against him, they can either sweep him out of power or at least erode his majority into marginal territory. Muslims should demonstrate that they can vote tactically in the Election and show malcontents such as Fitzpatrick the door.’’ Continue reading Another one bites the dust!
By Blog Editor, on March 14th, 2010%
Andrew Gilligan’s latest diatribe is fast deteriorating into an anti-Muslim hate campaign built on deceptive language and a distortion of clear facts. Here are some of his quotes from his latest hate instalment in the Spectator, alongside our comments.
“The Islamic Forum of Europe is decried by most Muslims as vicious and unrepresentative, says Andrew Gilligan.”
So here “most Muslims” would equate to at least over 1million Muslims if we take a rough figure of 2 million Muslims in the UK – when did AG interview all these people or is he spewing lies again? Continue reading Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics – Gilligan’s latest hate installment
By Abul Kalam, on March 13th, 2010%
Whether it is an obligation on Muslim women to wear the niqab or not is a matter of juridical difference. Scholars (new and old) have offered different views; some saying it is indeed an obligation while others have said it is not. Personally, I prefer the view which argues that although the wearing of the niqab is not an obligation, it nevertheless does have a basis in Islamic sources and thus should be a matter of choice for Muslim women. However the niqab and niqab wearing women have been receiving some very negative press in recent years. The most recent attack comes from Conservative MP Philip Holloborn. Continue reading Niqabis (and non niqabis) have your say!
By Guest Contributor, on March 10th, 2010%
Guest Post by Abu Talha
So you meet a brother who feeds you the story that he has no money, he wants to learn about Islam and needs help because all his life he has associated with the ‘wrong crowd’. He tells you he has no family. He tells you about his past; stories about alcohol and drug abuse melts your heart. He wants to associate with you, and learn from you. What is a Muslim to do? Quite naturally you take this brother under your wings, and to the best of your ability, you help him. You don’t question him, nor do you judge him. You comfort him, and tell him that Allah is the giver of mercy and that it is your duty to help a fellow Muslim in difficulty. You are motivated by the Hadith you hear all the time. This is when you can actually put the words of the Messenger of Allah into action: Continue reading The spy who betrayed me
By Azad Ali, on March 9th, 2010%
Andrew ‘I have considerable doubt as to how reliable Gilligan’s evidence really is’ opens another diatribe against Muslims with the words “I proudly present today’s post”. What is fast becoming clear is his pride in unleashing racism, violence and hatred towards Muslims. Gilligan has emphatically stated that he has a personal vendetta against IFE and its members on our show (Easy Talk) over the weekend – he followed this admission with the threat ‘Don’t imagine this to end’! Continue reading Gilligan fails to condemn racism & threats of violence
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