Investigating Islam

Nationalists on the Rise

With Trump’s victory, what does this rise of nationalism mean – could it be a good thing?

What Donald Trump Dare Not Say

Trump has said that Obama is The founder of Isis, but he needs to explain this better here is how he could do it…

Inheritance of Contraditions

Can the Qur’an have internal abrogation? How can we interpret the Qur’an using proof by contradiction? What are the implications for us in practical terms – an example of interpreting the shares for inheritance which resolves the apparent contradictions.

UK Muslim Men Less Likely to be Convicted of Sex Offences

In all the bigotry swirling around migrants who bring drugs disease and rape, here I take aim at reports that keep resurfacing about Muslim men being more likely to be sex abusers.

Zakat – the need for new simple rules

The giving of regular charity in Islam is a duty, but there are many different confusing rules which mean we need to organise as a community to pick rules we live by that match the principles set out but are easy to follow.

The 10 Principles of Islamic Politics

With various crises in the Muslim world and constant misrepresentation of Islam we need to work to establish the principles around which Muslims can and should unite to present  and represent Islam accurately. Here is an attempt to put first things first in Islamic politics.

Order from Chaos

A few thoughts about Turkey and the spate of theatrical terror attacks….

 

7 Ways People Corrupt Islam

With the recent spate of murders carried out under the banner of Daesh, it is essential that people appreciate how to distinguish what is Islam as given to us by the Prophet Muhammad in the Qur’an and his example and the behaviour of individuals and groups that has historically deviated from those teachings. This article explores the ways and reasons Islam is corrupted….

When You Can Hit Your Wife

The Qur’an famously allows husband to hit their wives. This gives many Muslims some not insignificant difficulties to explain in the West in particular where daily the media where Islam is presented relentlessly as sexually licensious and violently oppressive of women.

In this article, I look closer at the verse in question and what could possibly be the justification of this action a husband may take….

Jizya is for Pagans

Traditional Islamic shariah rulings give a place for “People of the Book” in society but charges them a poll tax called Jizya. What then is the place of Athiests, Polytheists and others generally. Here I review the key verse on the subject and conclude that such interpretations are not correct; that in fact Jizya only applies to a set of mushrikeen (Pagans) that includes some of the “People of the Book”…