2018-02-20 13:58
The ruins of Grenfell Tower. Source: ChiralJonBy Tasif ZamanIn the early hours of a day in Ramadan, as flames engulfed Grenfell Tower and many of us fixed helpless gazes on our TV scree… Read More
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Reviving a spirit of lively debate for Muslims in the UK and West.
2017-11-17 14:13
By Kaamil AhmedThe war in Yemen has been our blind spot. For a while now, we have apparently struggled to form a moral reaction to a conflict unbound to the patterns of past interventio… Read More
2017-11-06 21:52
By Ali IssaWarsan Shire has been one of the torch-bearers for a new generation of young Somali poets in the diaspora (Source: Internaz)The Somali diaspora in Europe and North America us… Read More
2017-09-02 21:25
By Kaamil AhmedAll the faces of Islam; in the crowds of Mecca, swarming the jagged rocks of Arafah or glimpsed in moments of prayer, are caught by Maariya Lohiya’s eye for the per… Read More
2017-08-30 18:50
By J MalikMuslim travellers on the way to Hajj, by 13th century Iraqi artist Yahya ibn Mahmud al-WasitiWith all the Muslim countries engulfed in serious civil conflict today, you might… Read More
2017-08-15 07:37
Seventy years ago, South Asia was cleaved apart. Families were split, people were killed, some regions were divided and others were awkwardly glued together. It birthed some of the nation-st… Read More
2017-08-05 13:52
By Kaamil AhmedJournalists are expected to protect their sources but Muslim journalists find that duty is hard to uphold when faced with regular searches at airports (Pixabay)Borders, b… Read More
2017-06-20 09:43
By Omar BeggThe Prophet Muhammad strove hardest in worship, it is said, during the last ten nights of the holy month of Ramadan, in which there is a night “better than a thousand… Read More
2017-06-19 11:21
By Kaamil Ahmed“Abu Hamza, the hook-handed hate preacher” – that’s what Finsbury Park and its Muslim community boil down to in the right-wing press. Even when a… Read More
2017-06-17 14:00
Qatar crisis puts Muslim alliances in the spotlightBy J MalikJohn Kerry meets with Gulf foreign ministers (Source: US Department of State)Without warning earlier this month, Saudi… Read More
2017-06-15 15:13
By Kaamil AhmedSource: Natalie OxfordToday, anger rages like the flames that lept off Grenfell Tower in the darkest hours of Wednesday’s morning. For once, we saw the forgott… Read More
2017-06-08 09:41
By Omar BeggFollowing the heart-breaking attack in Manchester last month, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn raised the possibility of foreign policy as reason for such violence unfolding on B… Read More
2017-03-27 10:39
By Imran Shah(Credit: Uncoated)It did not take much for British Muslims to line up and condemn the terrorist attack that occurred last Wednesday. I am not talking about Quilliam’s… Read More
2017-03-04 13:16
Taking hipsters to Sylhet, through east LondonBy Shafi MusaddiqueThe cobbled streets of East London are often a fountain of enriching experiences and recently offered me another; a hips… Read More
2017-02-04 11:52
By Inayah Zaheen“I had learned so much from this patient about life and about living and, in a beautiful and about death.” (Credit: Oles kanebckuu)A few months ago, I met a… Read More
2017-01-29 16:51
By J MalikIf the West’s retreat means opportunity for the Muslim world to assert itself, is there a country capable of filling the vacuum? (Source: Wikimedia Commons)“Goodby… Read More
2016-12-22 11:26
By Chaumtoli HuqThe threat of a Trump registry should force Muslims to recognise the benefits of organising the working class (Source: DRUM)Panic; worry; desperation lined her voice in… Read More
2016-12-04 21:27
By J MalikGarages and dilapidated warehouses repurposed as unofficial, hidden prayer spaces have for decades been where Athens’ community of 200,000 Muslims have worshipped, out o… Read More
2016-11-17 21:05
By Kaamil AhmedMalcolm X’s Hajj trip famously changed his views on race but did he idealise Muslim unity? Part of a Convivencia series on writings about Muslim societies.There are… Read More
2016-09-24 19:57
By Nuzaifa Hussain(Source: Pexels)The lack of representation for Muslims in literature is an issue that is not going away as long as existing literature remains rife with orientali… Read More
2016-09-03 18:50
By J MalikCould countering the far-right threat become a common goal that unites British Muslims? (Source: Daniel Herrick)The far-right clearly does not distinguish much between di… Read More
2016-08-14 11:00
By Ismael AbdelaMuslims found ways to keep each other cool under the midday sun during Friday prayers of a hot Ramadan month(Source: Kaamil Ahmed)Growing up in London, I felt fairl… Read More
2016-08-06 14:22
By Kaamil AhmedThe aftermath of the London riots should have seen Muslims work more with their local communities (Source: Paul Townsend)London burned in its own anger and we watched as… Read More
2016-07-29 12:13
By Kaamil AhmedKaamil Ahmed and colleague with men from the Beltaji family in Gaza’s Shujaya neighbourhood (Source: Kaamil Ahmed)With both hands, Hussein Beltaji let his fing… Read More
2016-07-21 16:23
Debating Muslim Futures — Between Pragmatists and PrinciplistsBy Rashid DarMuhammad Ali’s death was a reminder of how he managed to warm society to Muslim figure… Read More
2016-07-19 10:27
By Nishaat IsmailA person’s attire and faith should not define her capabilities as a journalist but that became the case when Kelvin Mackenzie decided to unleash his repugnant vie… Read More
2016-07-16 12:02
Convivencia draws from an era of lively and open debate, where diverse communities interacted in complex and constructive ways, thriving rather than just tolerating one another. Our is hope… Read More
2016-07-16 11:55
A dignified response after Nice — Editor’s noteMore than 80 people were killed when a truck ploughed through crowds in the French city of NiceWhen do we que… Read More
2016-07-13 20:28
By Kaamil AhmedMuslims have often been the first to bemoan selective empathy; now we are being called out ourselves.The lack of solidarity shown by non-black Muslims when black men or w… Read More
2016-07-09 17:33
By J MalikNaz Shah MP was suspended by Labour party for sharing allegedly anti-Semetic Facebook post (Source: Wikimedia)We seldom say it, but Muslims are not great with politics. We ove… Read More
2016-07-05 13:40
By Kaamil AhmedA halal butcher in Birmingham was attacked with a Molotov CocktailSince Britain voted for a Brexit over a week ago, there has been a daily trickle of news reports fr… Read More
2016-07-01 16:08
By A MoosaChildren play on a beach in the Gaza Strip (Photo: Kaamil Ahmed)Before reading this article, make a mental note of a few things. The following words were written with the… Read More
2016-06-26 18:10
Being Muslim in public; who’s a terrorist? – Talking PointsBy Kaamil AhmedImam Suliman Ghani received an apology for accusations he supported ISIS made during London ma… Read More
2016-06-22 19:56
By J MalikOwais Rajput (left) was UKIP’s candidate in Bradford East at 2015 General ElectionAmongst the plethora of increasingly belligerent Pro- and Anti-“Brexit&rdquo&hell…Read More
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