Not Compromising Religious Traditions Is An Asset To Inclusiveness: Editorial

Sun 15 May 2016 Featured image on front cover: London skyline; courtesy of VisitLondon.com   A similar piece, written in an academic format, is available in the journal. To read/download in PDF format, please visit here. It has been over a week long since the new Mayor got elected, with history in making. Already the new Mayor …

Do Not Blame the Salafis | By Imam Zaid Shaker

By Imam Zaid Shaker  Twitter @ImamZaidShakir This article was originally posted on Thu 10 Dec 2015 on New Islamic Directions' website. I wrote this essay almost five months ago, but did not post it until now because every time I was ready to post it I would encounter a virulent “Salafi” attack on a colleague …

Time to show leadership, Awami League Government of Bangladesh

By Ismail Syed, Lecturer in Islamic & Shariah Studies at Darul Ulum Ford Square, London Islamic School, Lecturer at Safar Academy, London, Islamic Finance Advisor to various institutions  Twitter: @IsmailYSyed Bangladesh's ruling Awami Leage (AL) party's former Minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a predominatly Muslim majority country, didn't develop blasphemous views on Hajj, one of the …

Islamic State ISIS beheading UK aid volunteer Alan Hedding

Ismail Y Syed Twitter: @IsmailYSyed News about ISIS released a video purporting to show the beheading of aid volunteer, Alan Henning, a UK citizen who went there with no other noble purpose other than just helping out fellow human citizens who have been caught up amidst all the turmoil. He could have spent his holiday …

Advice to learned people “Ahl al-ʿIlm”

28th September 2014 By Ismail Y Syed     Twitter @IsmailYSyed Ustadh/Lecturer at Darul Ulum Ford Square (London Islamic School) with Middlesex University, London; Teacher of Adult courses, Safar Academy, London Below are some of my thoughts and advice in quotations I shared with students in the first semester at the start of the new academic …

Ramadhan Mubarak Reflections (11) – Taqwa (Consciousness of the Presence of Allah Ta’ala and Fear of Him) By Mufti Muhammad Noman Daji

By: Mufti Muhammad Noman Daji, Batley, UK - course.correspondence@gmail.com Introduction This eleventh reflection covers the noble character that is developed from a natural instinct and emotion within every human. This natural instinct is a saviour for many possible dangers in this world. And with the right training, guidance and effort this instinct can become a …