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UN Vote on Palestine and Prospects for Peace in the Middle-East
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong 21 September 2011 Recently, I’ve been asked about my views on Palestine and the future prospects for peace in the Middle-East. This Friday, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority is expected to officially submit a request to recognise Palestinian statehood. What then are the future prospects for a peaceful and…Read more UN Vote on Palestine and Prospects for Peace in the Middle-East
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Well-trodden Paths – a look at the Shari’ah
By Sheikh Daoud Rosser-Owen Amir, AOBM The famous Tudor dramaturge, Christopher Marlowe, wrote circa 1592 to the Prologue of his play The Jew of Malta, “I count religion but a childish toy, And hold there is no sin but ignorance”. While I don’t agree with him about religion, nor the solitariness of the sin, I certainly…Read more Well-trodden Paths – a look at the Shari’ah
Not Sunni, Not Shia, a Call for Unity
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Co-Director, The Association of British Muslims “And strive hard in God’s cause with all the striving that is due to Him: it is He who has elected you [to carry His message], and has laid no hardship on you in [anything that pertains to] religion, [and made you follow] the creed of…Read more Not Sunni, Not Shia, a Call for Unity
Beware, Lest the Devil Leads You Astray…
By Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib The following is an extract from Nahjul Balagha, Sermon 191, known as "al-Khutbah al-Qasi`ah", the Sermon of Disparagement. You should take a lesson from what God did with the Devil; namely He nullified his great acts and extensive efforts on account of the vanity of one moment, although the Devil…Read more Beware, Lest the Devil Leads You Astray…