News The brother is from Sudan. We sat in the café frequented by many Muslims in north London. He is a refugee who has fled Sudan to the UK but faces the many challenges that Muslims are facing in the West nowadays. Our discussion came round to the issue of raising Muslim children in the West and trying to build their Islamic identity and worship of Allah (swt) in societies…

The comment of the present Pope Francis in the aftermath of the attacks on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo is a reminder of the deep contradiction between religion and freedom of speech. Pope Francis remarked, in simple layman terms, that if someone were to say something offensive about the Pope's mother then he could expect to receive a punch in the face. Speech, in other words, has serious consequences…

Tafseer Al-Baqarah 2: 120-123 From the Book, Introduction to the Tafseer of the Quran, by the Ameer of Hizb ut Tahrir, the eminent jurist and statesman, Sheikh Ata Bin Khalil Abu Al-Rashtah:

الم * غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ * فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ ‏*‏ فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ * فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ لِلَّهِ الأَمْرُ مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن بَعْدُ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ [الروم‏: 1‏ـ4].‏ "Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated. In the nearest land, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious. In Bid`i years. The decision of the matter, before and after is only…