Living For Islam

I RECENTLY CAME across something in Bangladesh that surprised me. Doctors and diagnostic centres are prohibited from disclosing the sex of an unborn child for non-medical reasons. The issue reached the Bangladesh High Court through a public-interest petition filed in 2020. The Directorate General of Health Services subsequently produced a national guideline aimed at preventing … Continue reading Why Does a Muslim Country Need a Law to Protect Daughters?

THERE ARE VERSES in the Qur’an that we hear so often that familiarity can make us forget how extraordinary they are. Surah al-Rūm, verse 21, is perhaps one of them. وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ And among His Signs … Continue reading When Marriage Becomes an Āyah

STANDING AT THE Srebrenica Genocide Museum, with each exhibit offering another painful reminder of what happened, there is an inevitable question that comes to mind. Why were they killed? Why were thousands of men and boys separated from their families and communities, driven into the forests, executed, and thrown into mass graves? Why were their … Continue reading What Will You Do With What You Have Witnessed?

I HAVE PREVIOUSLY written about how the Srebrenica genocide in the 90s was a turning point in my life. As a 20 year old, It was the first time I truly became conscious of the horrors of war, the deep-rooted hatred against Muslims in Europe, the blindness of those who speak of higher values while … Continue reading This Is What 8,372 Looks Like

MANY MUSLIMS LIVING in Britain are asking an increasingly difficult question: Should we stay, or should we leave? This is not an abstract question. Rising Islamophobia, hostility towards Muslims, political rhetoric, discrimination and anxiety about the environment in which our children will grow up can make life feel increasingly constricted. Some therefore consider moving to … Continue reading Where Should a Muslim Live?

FOR MANY YEARS, one detail in the story of Musa (as) and Khidr puzzled me. Why does Allah mention the fish? In one of the most profound stories in the Qur’an, a story about knowledge, destiny, patience, and divine wisdom, we suddenly encounter a salted fish that comes alive and slips into the sea. At … Continue reading Why the Fish?