Category Archives: Education

The Mughal Caliphate

By Ziryab | Published: August 14, 2010
This is a re-post of an article by Raziq first posted in January 2010 **** Islamist groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir, Al-Muhajiroun and the Muslim Brotherhood claim that Muslims were ruled by a single political leadership which started from the time of the Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century and lasted until the last days of the Ottoman [...]
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Reading, Writing and Ramadan

By Guest | Published: July 20, 2010
This is a guest post by Uncle Daud According  to advice given to Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Muslim pupils should not attend swimming lessons in the month of Ramadan, because: Schools with a significant number of Muslim pupils should try to avoid scheduling swimming lessons during Ramadan to remove unnecessary barriers to full participation.” Nor does it end with restrictions [...]
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Words of intelligence will only come from a woman of piety

By Effendi | Published: April 15, 2010
From the article, Muslim women going to college: Hazrat maulana Masihullah (ra) said: I take oath by Allah and say: Give women Deeni education and then see their superiority. You will then witness in them intelligence, understanding and even accomplishment in such worldly affairs which pertain to them. Women who possess degrees of B.A. and M.A. cannot [...]
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The Penalty for Apostasy

By Faisal | Published: March 30, 2010
Take a look at Dr Mohammad Mukadam, chairman of the AMS-UK (Association of Muslim Schools UK). He believes in practising the shari’ah in toto. But is reticent when it comes to stating the shari’ah penalty for apostasy in a public televised debate. When pushed, he relents and speaks his mind: “If it’s an Islamic country, then the [...]
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seven modest proposals for the british jewish community

By bananabrain | Published: March 16, 2010
the ferocious but charming miriam shaviv over at the jc is blogging a number of “daily proposals to transform the british jewish community” during march. i was discussing this with my redoubtable other half over friday night dinner and we thought the following might be worth submission: 1. transparency at the jewish leadership council ok, we know [...]
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a few good rabbis?

By bananabrain | Published: January 18, 2010
for those of you who aren’t aware of it, this has not been a good couple of years for the orthodox, “strictly-”orthodox and ultra-orthodox communities. corruption around kosher slaughterhouses and conversions, sex scandals, money-laundering, drug smuggling, you name it. all the usual justifications are made, of course, all the usual people accept them and all [...]
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The North Wind and the Sun

By Effendi | Published: January 3, 2010
Here is an unsettling fact: [Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab] is the fourth president of a London student Islamic society to face terrorist charges in three years. One is facing a retrial on charges that he was involved in the 2006 liquid bomb plot to blow up airliners. Two others have been convicted of terrorist offences since 2007. In [...]
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Newsnight: Close Links Between Hizb ut Tahrir and the ISF School

By Effendi | Published: November 28, 2009
Newsnight presents the compelling evidence of the close links between the Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation and Hizb ut Tahrir. It really is time for the Government to act. How did OFSTED miss what was obvious to anybody with any knowledge of this dangerous jihadist cult? **** This is cross-posted from Harry’s Place:
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The Shakhsiyah Balls Up

By Guest | Published: November 27, 2009
This is a guest post by Abdul Hamid al Manchesteri **** Who actually benefits from obscuring the facts on the Islam Shakhsiyah Foundation (ISF)? If this were a BNP-run foundation overseeing two schools, there is no way any Secretary of State for Education could have contemplated scoring political points at the expense of the oppostion’s fumbling research. But [...]
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Why Is Hizb ut Tahrir Receiving Government Funding?

By Guest | Published: November 25, 2009
This is a press release by the Centre for Social Cohesion (CSC) **** In today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Conservative Party Leader David Cameron challenged Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the findings of the Centre for Social Cohesion’s (CSC) latest report, Hizb ut-Tahrir: Ideology and Strategy. Cameron, who has promised to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), asked the Prime [...]
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