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Saturday, 27 December 2008
![The Truth About Taqlid (Part I)

This paper addresses the issue of taqlid & madhhabs (schools of Islamic law). Rooting itself in classical Islamic scholarship, it clarifies the true nature of taqlid and the extremes many have fallen into concerning it. Madhhabs and their legality is then tackeld in detail. Required reading! [download here]](Home_files/shapeimage_16.png)
![Issues & Concerns 1

The first in a series of papers tackling a variety of issues & concerns. It includes: does the 73 sects hadith imply most Muslims will go to Hell? Being distinct from non-Muslims in dress. Can parents oblige their son to divorce his wife? Reciting Qur’an for the dead. 40 day retreats. [read here]](Home_files/shapeimage_19.png)
![The Dirty Business of War

In this first Jawziyyah Podcast, Abu Aaliyah and the veteran peace campaigner, Bruce Kent, discuss the nature of war, nuclear weapons and the global arms trade, and why they should be of concern to each of us. [listen here]](Home_files/shapeimage_22.png)
![We Need to Progress; But to Where Exactly? (Pt.1)

Recently, I was surprised to see my name included in a launch publication which set out some recommendations to combat terrorism. Released in an air of controversy, it listed a number of emerging progressive, British Muslim voices; of whom I was one. I wasn’t sure if I should ... [full blog here]](Home_files/shapeimage_25.png)
![We Need to Progress; But to Where Exactly? (Pt.2)

This is the second part of a blog piece that asks: what does it mean when some insist that ‘Islam needs to progress’ or that ‘it needs reforming’? What must it progress towards? How is progress to be measured? What needs reforming of Islam, and why? [read blog here]](Home_files/shapeimage_28.png)
