There’s a method to Trump’s madness, some Iranians believe – while others see little actual methodology involved in his decision-making process. Before the age of Trump, the conversation in Tehran about relations with the West has almost always involved debate on two key questions: U.S. trustworthiness and EU significance. The …
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The website for the preservation and publication of the works of Ayatollah Khamenei (khamenei.ir) announced on Wednesday that it had stopped its activities on Telegram. The decision comes “in line with safeguarding national interests and removing the monopoly of the Telegram messaging app,” read the last message on khamenei.ir’s Telegram …
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Anti-racism was a big theme of NUT teachers’ union conference this week. It took place as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is under intense attack from right wingers over antisemitism. A number of delegates and speakers at conference fringe meetings defended Corbyn and the right to criticise the Israeli state and …
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Dear brothers and sisters, this week AIM shared two videos that were in response to the recent attack on the Iranian Embassy in London. The first video was shared from Ayatollah Araki’s Office. Ayatollah Araki is a high ranking and respected jurist who studied under Imam Khomeini and Shaheed Al-Sadr. …
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Our extended family’s plan for a destination reunion over the summer holidays hit a snag earlier this year when Al Quds (Jerusalem) got included in the itinerary, with some yearning to visit the sacred city while others (that would be me) refusing to do so while the city is under …
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In 1882, when the British occupied Egypt, they began to push Muslim scholarship into new theological and jurisprudential understandings. This was to make the Muslim Ummah more pliable to its needs in the hope that they could weaken the Ottoman Empire. This was not limited to the British. Most of …
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Facebook removed Britain First and its leadership from across the social network — four months after Donald Trump caused a diplomatic spat by retweeting fake videos from the English Islamophobic group. “Content posted on the Britain First Facebook Page and the Pages of party leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen …
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In his new book, Reimagining Britain, the Archbishop of Canterbury has questioned the compatibility of Islamic values with the Christian basis of life in Britain. Comment piece from Faisal Bodi. The unending open season against Islam in Britain has brought a lot of Muslim-haters out of their closets. The far …
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This year the birth anniversary of Lady Fatima Zahra (peace be upon her) coincided with the 8th of March International Women’s Day and the Ahlulbayt society of the University of Westminster took the opportunity to mark the occasion by distributing roses at their Marylebone campus. Student volunteers of the society …
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman faced widespread protests during his visit to London. Protesters plastered huge billboards on buses and vans driving through the streets of London denouncing Bin Salman as a war criminal. Human rights activists are appalled that Bin Salman, who is responsible for the slaughter of …
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On the eve of the auspicious birth anniversary of Her Holiness Fatimah az-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and her), thousands of eulogists and reciters in praise of the Household of the Prophet met with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and a number of …
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People in London and across the country have been receiving these letters by second class Royal Mail. “Punish a Muslim Day” has a points system. 10 points if you verbally abuse a Muslim. 25 points if you pull the headscarf of a Muslim “woman” (yes they put woman in inverted …
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I want to take a brief moment today to tell you about just 5 Muslim women, from the earliest years of Islam and what they teach us about our worth and our potential. These are, of course universal lessons, for all women and men. But I think it is particularly …
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During Donald Trump’s controversial 2016 US Presidential campaign, he promised to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to “the eternal capital” Jerusalem. This was neither a new promise nor a particularly controversial comment for an American Presidential candidate to make. Whilst, the official United States position has …
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Who is an American and who is not, that is the Question. What does it mean to be an American and how does it sound to be an American. This question begs itself after an Iranian-American fashion blogger, Hoda Katebi, who was in an interview by Chicago’s WGN News morning …
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The Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission (AIM) invites you to attend the upcoming 5 night Fatimiyya Majlis in the English language. Speaker: Shaykh Jaffer Ladak Dates: Wednesday 31st January – Sunday 4th February 2018 Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm Place: Muhammadi Trust, 131 Walm Lane, London, NW2 3AU Brothers & Sisters welcome. Food will be …
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