About Author: i-i
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Making of a martyr: From pacifism to jihad
Posted on May 4, 2003 | No CommentsAs the drizzle descended on Hounslow mosque last Friday, it was not hard to see why Asif Mohammed Hanif might have wanted to spend the summer in the Middle East -
Gulf War II
Posted on March 21, 2003 | No Comments21 March 2003, Iraq: The smoke rose above Baghdad in plumes of thick, black soot, carrying with it the ashes of a dying regime. -
The Swords of Triumph
Posted on March 14, 2003 | No Comments'Know Paradise lies under the shade of swords.' -
Islam and the West
Posted on August 12, 2002 | No CommentsThe struggle of Muslims with and for modernity is taking place, not just in Cairo, Tehran and Islamabad, but also among Muslims living in the West. -
Islam has a progressive tradition too
Posted on June 19, 2002 | No CommentsThe struggle of Muslims with and for modernity is taking place, not just in Cairo, Tehran and Islamabad, but also among Muslims living in the West. -
With Great Knowledge
Posted on June 8, 2002 | No CommentsWhen the Two were in the Cave -
If you hate the West, emigrate to a Muslim country
Posted on October 8, 2001 | No CommentsHamza Yusuf is arguably the west’s most influential Islamic scholar. Many Muslims find his views hard to stomach, but he is advising the White House on the current crisis, and […] -
We Will Not Fail
Posted on October 7, 2001 | No Comments7 October 2001, Afghanistan: For a new kind of war, it had an old sort of start. In the places where soldiers and sailors live--in Norfolk, Va. -
Making the World Safe for Terrorism
Posted on September 30, 2001 | No CommentsBy what one can gather from the press, the FBI and CIA have seemingly been unable to prove who precisely, if anyone, may have masterminded the attack earlier this month on the World Trade Center -
Recapturing Islam From the Terrorists
Posted on September 30, 2001 | No CommentsAs New York turns its gap-toothed face to the sky, wondering if the worst is yet to come, Muslims, largely unheeded by the wider world, are counting the cost of the suicide bombings