Author Archives: Paul Salahuddin Armstrong

Young People’s PVE – Discussion, Debate, Q & A

 TAKE PART HAVE YOUR SAY AT THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S PREVENTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM (PVE) DISCUSSION, DEBATE, QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION To be held on 10th March 2010, from 6.30pm – 8.30pm at Dunstall Community Centre, Dunstall Avenue, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, … Continue reading

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Spirituality in Action with HRH Prince Charles

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O Canary

O Canary by Paul Salahuddin Armstrong O canary, Longing escape, Flee your cage, Into Light, Only blessing, O tortured soul. Hatred arises, Not from nothing, Inner torment, Chains of envy, Revulsion, Out to destroy. All beneficial, Beautiful and good. Shutting … Continue reading

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Wolverhampton Prayers For Peace 2010

Muslim Prayer For Peace In the name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. Praise be to the Lord of the universe, Who has created us and made us Into nations and tribes, That we may know each other, Not that … Continue reading

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Like Arrogant Pharaohs…

By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong I’ve come to realise, the reason I can see things the why I do, is precisely because I was not raised in a supposedly “Muslim” country. This is Allah’s wisdom as I see it. Strange how … Continue reading

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Niqab?

By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong I’m not much in favour of telling people what to wear and what not to, which is in effect what a ban would do… However, isn’t that the whole issue surrounding niqab? Muslim women have been … Continue reading

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Wolverhampton Prayers For Peace 2010

Wolverhampton Prayers for Peace is an annual event, organised by Wolverhampton Inter Faith Council. Although it’s not a religious service, it is a “prayer event”, where people of different faiths in Wolverhampton come together to pray for peace in our … Continue reading

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UK Visit of Shaykh Hisham Kabbani

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2010

Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is commemorated internationally on 27th January each year. This date was chosen as it is the anniversary of the day in 1945 on which the Soviet Army liberated the largest Nazi concentration camp – Auschwitz-Birkenau. Each … Continue reading

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Islamic and Jewish formal prayers

By Ben Abrahamson ركعة‎ rakaʿah (pl. ركعات rakaʿāt) refers to one unit of Islamic prayer, or Salah. Each daily prayer is made up of a different number of raka’at: * Fajr — The dawn prayer: 2 raka’at * Shuhar — … Continue reading

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