By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Co-Director, AOBM I was asked to share my views on Valentine's Day. Personally, I really don't see what's the problem that some people seem to have with this celebration. The fact that it's a Western, originally Christian festival is in all honesty, completely besides the point. We should celebrate Love everyday!…Read more Valentine’s Day in Islam?
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Simone Weil: The Personal and Impersonal God and the Sanctity of the Atheist
"As the Hindus say, God is at the same time personal and impersonal. He is impersonal in the sense that his infinitely mysterious manner of being a Person is infinitely different from the human manner. It is only possible to grasp this mystery by employing at the same time, like two pincers, these two contrary…Read more Simone Weil: The Personal and Impersonal God and the Sanctity of the Atheist
Is Christmas Haram?
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Co-Director, The Association of British Muslims As Muslims, we shouldn't be afraid of Christmas or any other festival. Nowhere in the Holy Qur'an is wishing people a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah or even a Happy Diwali declared haram (forbidden) - it's just not there, if you don't believe me, study your…Read more Is Christmas Haram?
In Flanders Fields
By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) (Canadian Army) In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,…Read more In Flanders Fields
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