Muslims around the world are currently celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Ada, which commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael when God had commanded him to do so, testing Abraham’s faith and resolve. The Quran recounts the incident: My Lord, grant me [a child] from among […]
RT Israel’s national airline El Al has been petitioned to “stop the bullying, intimidation and discrimination against women” on its flights by ultra-Orthodox Jews who refuse to be seated next to women on religious grounds. A petition on Change.org has been issued following the last week’s scandal when a transatlantic […]
BBC Hate crime against Muslims in London has risen by 65% over the last 12 months, Metropolitan Police figures show. Islamophobic hate crime offences have increased from 344 to 570 in the last year, with many attacks targeting women wearing traditional Islamic clothing. Asian Network’s Shabnam Mahmood has […]
The UK courts have dropped all the terror charges against our brother Moazzam Begg. He was ‘conspicuously’ arrested in January this year, only a few months after coming back from Syria where he was investigating the history of intelligence relationship between the UK government and Syria, in renditioning […]
Islamic Herald During the Middle Ages the Islamic World had a very significant impact upon Europe, which in turn cleared the way for the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution. In the Medieval age, Islam and Muslims influenced Europe in a number of different ways. One of the most […]
The Muslim Debate Initiative 