West Archive
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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 […] -
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 -
America’s Tragedy: An Islamic Perspective
Posted on September 30, 2001 | No CommentsThis is an edited transcript of the talk that Shaykh Hamza Yusuf gave on Sunday, Sept. 30th, 2001 at Zaytuna Academy -
Iraq’s Power Grab
Posted on August 13, 1990 | No Comments13 August 1990, Kuwait: With hindsight it looks so obvious, so wickedly brilliant. -
War in the Persian Gulf
Posted on October 6, 1980 | No Comments6 October 1980, Iran & Iraq: Suddenly the nightmare, the conflict that had only been discussed as a worst-case scenario, was at hand -
The Storm over the Shah
Posted on December 10, 1979 | No Comments10 December 1979: From its earliest beginnings, the U.S. has been a haven for refugees -
Sacrilege in Mecca
Posted on December 3, 1979 | No Comments3 December 1979, Makkah: It was as great a sacrilege to devout Muslims -
Iran: The Test of Wills
Posted on November 26, 1979 | No Comments26 November 1979, Iran: "Faith of our fathers, living still," sang a weary, anxious, deeply troubled Jimmy Carter