I would like to present a video featuring a debate between me and Terry Sanderson, President of the oldest and largest Secularist campaigning organisation in the UK, the National Secular Society (NSS). The topic was to what degree should religion (or Secularism) influence the State? It was an […]
Islam, like many beliefs, religions and ideologies, is subject to interpretation and difference of opinion amongst its adherents. However, there are many things that Muslims do not differ on, like the existence of only One God, Muhammed (saaw) being His Final Prophet and Messenger, and that only God […]
A fortnight ago, representatives from UK mosques and Muslim community organisations were invited to attend an “engagement” meeting with Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Democrats (LibDems) at London Central Mosque. From the invitation, it had sounded as though the event would be […]
If Liberalism had a Prophet, it would be the classical Libertarian philosopher, John Locke. He is credited with giving form to the enlightenment ideas pervading europe, and collecting them, nay coalescing them into a formal system of thought that was called ‘Libertarianism’, which would later be called Liberalism (known euphemistically today as ‘freedom’, or […]
On Thursday 2nd May 2013, the UK newspaper, the Daily Mail published an article attacking our brother, and esteemed scholar, Abdal-Hakim Murad for a recently available internet video expressing Islamic theological opinions on homosexuality given in a lecture that was 17 years ago. Following on from this has been a […]
The Muslim Debate Initiative 