As Muslims feel sorrow at the passing of our faithful friend, the blessed month of Ramadhan, we also feel joy at the coming of Eid.
Ramadhan is the month we have remembered Allah and, inshallah, become closer to Him through fasting, recitation of the Quran, and standing in nightly prayer. It’s also a month – just like the month of Dhul Hijja, where Muslims feel united as one Ummah.
But for so many years Ramadhan and Eid have been tinged with sadness as our Ummah suffers under occupation, oppression, poverty and hardship.The …
The British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, paid tribute to a South African anti¬apartheid activist Joe Slovo – a friend of Mr Miliband’s father – during an interview on BBC Radio 4 in August. In doing so, he exposed the double standards prevalent in Western Politics.The BBC Radio 4 presenter had asked the Foreign Secretary:“Are there circumstances in which violent reaction, terrorism, is the right response?” Miliband responded:“Yes, there are circumstances in which it is justifiable, and yes, there are circumstances in which it is effective”. In making the statement …