By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Co-Director, AOBM After indepth consultation with the Royal Observatory, the Amir of the Association of British Muslims, Sheikh Daoud Rosser-Owen, has concluded that it is not physically possible to see the new moon before Monday night. The moon orbits the Earth in a regular, measurable and readily observable pattern, thus unless…Read more Ramadan 1432 (2011)
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Look at the world like those who abstain from it…
By Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Nahjul-Balagha, Sermon 102 Image: Sajjad's Graphics About Gluttony, Fear of Allah: O people! Look at the world like those who abstain from it and turn away from it. By Allah, it will shortly turn out its inhabitants and cause grief to the happy and the safe. That which turns…Read more Look at the world like those who abstain from it…
Will Our Story Shine?
While spirituality in its various manifestations is an integral part of our human nature, religious extremism of any kind is never a good thing. Fanatical, politicised extremism within Muslim communities produced the Taliban, Al Qaeda and similar groups, and few dispute the necessity to tackle these forms of religious extremism. However, what is often missed…Read more Will Our Story Shine?
Read the First Alphabet and be Free!
By Bulleh Shah Translated by Muzaffar A. Ghaffaar Read the first alphabet and be free The first alphabet became two bodies, then four Then became thousands, lakhs, a crore From there became countless more The unique alphabet's dot a lone pedigree Read the first alphabet and be free Cartloads of books why have you read…Read more Read the First Alphabet and be Free!
Mullah Nasreddin and Enlightenment
Mullah Nasreddin was walking in the Bazaar (marketplace) with a large group of followers. Whatever Nasreddin did, his followers immediately copied. Every few steps Nasreddin would stop and shake his hands in the air, touch his feet and jump up yelling "Hu Hu Hu!". So his followers would also stop and do exactly the same…Read more Mullah Nasreddin and Enlightenment
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Ezra Stiles
PHILADELPHIA, March 9, 1790. REVEREND AND DEAR SIR— I RECEIVED your kind letter of January 28, and am glad you have at length received the portrait of governor Yale from his family, and deposited it in the college library. He was a great and good man, and had the merit of doing infinite service to your…Read more Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Ezra Stiles
AOBM stands by Dr Usama Hasan
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Co-Director, AOBM Imam Usama Hasan is not wrong to state that Muslims need to move on from a basic children's understanding of creation. He has every right to hold the views he does. No amount of disagreement gives anyone the right to issue death threats. Life is a sacred gift from…Read more AOBM stands by Dr Usama Hasan
Culture and Intellect
By Imam Abdassamad Clarke Ihsan Mosque, Norwich Muslims have been misled by the failed agendas of multiculturalism into making Islam something intrinsically foreign. Dress is one aspect. The point of dress, for both men and women, is modesty and to cover what ought not to be seen in public. Every race, nation and culture has…Read more Culture and Intellect
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