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British Muslim Heritage
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Blue Plaques of Muslim London
By Isla Rosser-Owen The Blue Plaques Scheme was started in 1867 by the Royal Society of Arts, upon…
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The Sheikh’s Passing Thoughts
1. Three things to admire – intellectual power, dignity, gracefulness. 2. It is better to go with truth…
Sh. Abdullah Quilliam
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OTTOMAN GREEKS: Chapter IX
In 1913, Pickthall spent several months in Turkey, where he sought to counteract the anti-Muslim agitation of the…
M. Marmaduke Pickthall
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Oriental Encounters
The circumstances which gave birth to Pickthall’s travelogue Oriental Encounters are described in the Introduction below. His manservant…
M. Marmaduke Pickthall
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Chapter XV: Veiled Women (novel extract)
The novel concerns an English governess who converts to Islam and marries Yûsuf Bey, a young aristocrat from…
M. Marmaduke Pickthall
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CHAPTER X: The House of Islam (novel extract)
After the success of his Saïd the Fisherman, Pickthall was emboldened to attempt a novel set entirely in…
M. Marmaduke Pickthall
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Sufferings Necessary for Success: A sermon preached by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
‘Or do you calculate that you will enter Paradise when there has not come to you the like…
M. Marmaduke Pickthall
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Fraternity: A Sermon delivered by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall in the year 1919
‘O people, listen to my words, and understand the same. Know that all Muslims are brothers one to…
M. Marmaduke Pickthall
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Khutba-tul-Eid Sermon delivered by M. Marmaduke Pickthall
on the occasion of “Eid-ul-Fitr”, on the 29th June, 1919 ‘O you who believe! Be careful of your…
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Marmaduke Pickthall: a brief biography
‘Action is the Life of all and if thou dost not Act, thou dost Nothing.’ (Gerrard Winstanley) Before…
Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad
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Muslims and the European Right
(This essay is based on a text first given as the Annual World Humanities Lecture, University of Leicester,…
Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad
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Muslim loyalty and belonging: some reflections on the psychosocial background
Our silence in the face of evil differs from that of secular people. For traditional theists, the sense…
Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad
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Tradition or Extradition? The Threat to Muslim-Americans
Is American Islam inevitable? Until recently we scarcely asked the question. We assumed that the demography of the…
Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad
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British and Muslim?
(Based on a lecture given to a conference of British converts on September 17 1997) It is said…
Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad
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Was Captain John Ward a pirate or a Warrior for Islam?
Were they pirates, or were they warriors for Islam? For centuries, historians have debated the significance of one…
Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad
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The Adab of Islam
1. He that hunts religion for sensual strength shall be Aqta‘, the Actaeon deceived by Diyana’s crescent crown.
2. In the Time of Turbulence, God gives you all you need behind your private door: perfume, prayer, woman.
3. Feel sorry for the moderns, for they never know desire.
4. Never, never, never, grow old in vain.
5. Respect the young, for they are likely to be closer to the fitra than you.
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