In 1991 Islam Karimov promised to establish the Islamic State in Uzbekistan if elected
March 21, 2013 By
In December 1991, Presidential Candidate Islam Karimov arrived in Namangan. After meeting with several representatives of the district administration he left for Tashkent without meeting the thousands of people who were waiting for him to hear their demands. Karimov then returned to Namangan and after listening to the people’s demands he apologises, kneels down […]
Pope Francis
March 17, 2013 By
- By Musa Cerantonio O Credentibus, noli esse consocii de Iudaeos et Christianos. Sunt consocios de se invicem. Et qui est consocius de eos, est unum de eos. Deus enim non dirigat malefactores. [Alcoranus 5:51] The Catholic Church has elected a new Bishop of Rome, a man whom they will call Pope Franciscus (Francis in English). […]
3 March: Dark days for the Ummah since the destruction of the Khilafah
March 4, 2013 By
- By Khilafah.com The 3rd of March is a date that is etched into the history of the Muslim Ummah as one of its darkest days ever. It was on this date in the fateful year of 1924 CE that the last vestige of legitimate Islamic rule was ended. The office of Khilifah was abolished […]
The Khilafah and the Indian Subcontinent
March 3, 2013 By
- By Abu Ismael al-Beirawi After yet another anniversary of the abolishment of the Khilafah state it is important for us to reflect upon its history and the reaction of the Muslims towards its demise and eventual destruction. It is assumed by some that the Muslims and their scholars did not react to the call […]
A century ago Muslims in Bosnia and Albania were massacred for not converting from Islam
March 1, 2013 By
Century old Muslim massacre remembered in Bosnia (World Bulletin) – By World Bulletin/News Desk The Bosnians and Albanians who were shot in the cities of Plav and Gusinde for not converting from Islam in 1913 when the Treaty of Berlin granted the territory of the Ottoman Empire to Montenegro have not been forgotten in Bosnia […]
In retrospect: Ibn Saud and the division of Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia
January 21, 2013 By
Journalist Glenn Frankel describes how British High Commissioner Sir Percy Cox settled boundaries between Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia at a 1922 conference in Baghdad: “The meeting had gone on for five grueling days with no compromise in sight. So one night in late November 1922, Cox, Britain’s representative in Baghdad, summoned to his tent […]
The life and times of Sheikh Hassan Barsane: A forgotten Mujahid
December 30, 2012 By
THE BEGINNINGS OF HAJI HASSAN Sheikh Hassan Barsane, known as Haji Hassan, the famous anticolonial leader of Somalia, was born in a dusty village called Barsane, in the Shabeylle regions in 1853. He was the son of a well-known respected elder. Whilst his family were traditional cattle-herders and pastoralists, as a young child he was taught the […]
