freedom of speech

 

In the media the issue of freedom of expression has been framed as a clash between two camps - one for freedom of expression, and the other against  it. However, the real clash is not between those who are for and those who are against this freedom. Rather it is between two different freedoms. On the one hand is the freedom to insult. On the other is freedom from insult.

freedom of speech ?

 

In the media the issue of freedom of expression has been framed as a clash between two camps - one for freedom of expression, and the other against  it. However, the real clash is not between those who are for and those who are against this freedom. Rather it is between two different freedoms. On the one hand is the freedom to insult. On the other is freedom from insult.

guarding against civil strife


Islamic history has seen, and continues to see, its fare share of 'fitnah', civil strife and war. But a believer is required to do his or her utmost not to fan the flames of civil strife, let alone shed blood. We may just be in the end times as predicted, and the world may be going crazy around us, but as Muslims, if we remember to 'plant our life-giving seedling', then we can always be productive, irrespective of the insanity, and positively contribute to making the world the better place it is meant to be... The rest is up to Allah.

hajj - a sacred journey

 

Hajj is at once an intensely personal and a superbly collective act of worship. Today its role in our collective life has been severely watered down by the rulers over the land of Hajj and by an Ummah that has lost touch with its mission.   

 

 

 

halal controversy ?

 

The recent anti-halal hysteria has nothing to do with the welfare of animals. It’s just good old-fashioned Islamophobia. This is not to say that some people don’t have sincere concerns about the way in which animals are slaughtered: they do. However those jumping on the bandwagon seem quite happy to eat any old dead animal as long as it’s not a dead ‘Muslim’ animal.