Islam

An Easter enquiry: ‘How are we made right with God according to Jesus?’

By on April 18, 2019 • ( 5 )

This Easter Christians ponder a story that has been told over and over for the past 2000 years: that the Jewish Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, made a sacrifice of his own life to make mankind right with God (variants of… Read More ›

Feature Article: Al-Isra and the “Temple” in the Islamic Sources – A Response to Sam Shamoun

By on April 14, 2019 • ( 83 )

Al-Isra and the “Temple” in the Islamic Sources: A Response to Sam Shamoun Originally Posted on the “Quran and Bible Blog“ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْم “Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa,… Read More ›

An awareness of differences is an aspect of intelligence, an aspect of being human.

By on April 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

In an Islamic society political sovereignty belongs only to God

By on April 12, 2019 • ( 1 )

The belief that God is the sole Legislator flows directly from the Muslim confession of faith, la ilaha illa ‘Llah, which can be interpreted as meaning that ‘there is no legislator but the Legislator’. The message embodied in the Qur’an –… Read More ›

WHY I BECAME MUSLIM by Jacob Williams

By on April 12, 2019 • ( 27 )

Growing up in twenty-first-century Britain, I was often struck by a feeling of anomie. Around the time I was born, John Major tried to evoke a vanished past by conjuring “long shadows on county grounds” and “old maids bicycling to… Read More ›

Dr Shadee Elmasry on Cultural Marxism, virtue signaling, and Da’wah

By on April 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

Dr Shadee Elmasry writes “Virtue signalling.” It’s when people make a comment about a liberal value just because everyone around them is gung-ho about it. Then people call them out for “virtue signaling.” (It’s basically the secular version of riya’.)… Read More ›

The Qur’anic Jesus – Abdal Hakim Murad

By on April 9, 2019 • ( 24 )

A talk regarding Islamic perspectives on Jesus, and historical and contemporary debates about his nature and role. The talk also highlights the possibility of a shared Christological dialogue between the Abrahamic faiths. Dr Timothy Winter, also known as Shaykh Abdal… Read More ›

Gender Identity & Reassignment in Sharia

By on April 7, 2019 • ( 0 )

‘Finally, on the question of fluidity of gender identity, in one sense the shariah’s stance is quite progressive. Based on the Qur’anic verse that includes “those who have no desire” (Qur’an 24:31) among those categories of men around whom women do… Read More ›