Levantine obedience

Between the navel and the knee?

An interesting video was recently posted by Maria Akbar from 5Pillars on social media reminding ‘Muslim brothers’ to cover their ‘awrah during the recent heatwave.  Notably as Maria Akbar and others have alluded to, the...

A declaration of war?

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ O you who believe, beware of Allah: give up any outstanding dues from...

A lesser disbelief?

A common retort made by small sections of the Muslim community when confronted with the Ayāt al-Ḥukm, the verses of ruling, which are set out in the Qur’ān [5: 41/50] is to mention a report,...

Kitab al-Tawheed Volume 4

Kitāb al-Tawḥeed: The Basis of Islam and the Reality of Monotheism, is truly a landmark work, occupying a unique place amongst a contemporary landscape often bereft of original insightful scholarly work.  The series represents an...

Circle of the Tyrants

Two years of genocide in Gaza, not to mention Palestine more generally, and now an even worsening level of brutal atrocities in Sudan, has often prompted many to ask – ‘why don’t the Muslim countries...