Tag Archives: culture

Happy Eid ul Fitr (2012)

Posted in British Muslims, celebration, faith, festival, peace, religion, spirituality, United Kingdom, unity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Valentine’s Day in Islam?

By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Co-Director, AOBM I was asked to share my views on Valentine’s Day. Personally, I really don’t see what’s the problem that some people seem to have with this celebration. The fact that it’s a Western, originally … Continue reading

Posted in celebration, Christianity, event, faith, festival, heart, Islam, love, Muslim, religion, spirituality, United Kingdom, wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Happy Diwali! (2011)

Posted in celebration, community, diversity, faith, humanity, interfaith, light, religion, spirituality, unity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Well-trodden Paths – a look at the Shari’ah

By Sheikh Daoud Rosser-Owen Amir, AOBM The famous Tudor dramaturge, Christopher Marlowe, wrote circa 1592 to the Prologue of his play The Jew of Malta, “I count religion but a childish toy, And hold there is no sin but ignorance”. While … Continue reading

Posted in British Muslims, God, insight, Islam, knowledge, law, Muslim, religion, scholar, Shariah | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Happy Eid ul Fitr! 1432 (2011)

Posted in event, faith, Islam, Muslim, peace, religion, spirituality, sufism, United Kingdom, unity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Read the First Alphabet and be Free!

By Bulleh Shah Translated by Muzaffar A. Ghaffaar Read the first alphabet and be free The first alphabet became two bodies, then four Then became thousands, lakhs, a crore From there became countless more The unique alphabet’s dot a lone … Continue reading

Posted in faith, humanity, insight, inspirational, light, peace, religion, spirituality, sufism, unity, wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Happy Beltane!

Wishing everyone a Happy Beltane, from Wulfruna Sufi Association! Beltane is the anglicised spelling of Old Irish Beltain, Scottish Gaelic Bealltainn, the Gaelic name for either the month of May or the festival that takes place on first day of May. Beltane … Continue reading

Posted in awakening, celebration, culture, faith, Islam, light, Muslim, spirituality, United Nations, unity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Happy Easter!

Posted in celebration, Christianity, culture, event, faith, heritage, religion, spirituality | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Children’s Fire

Tim “Mac” Macartney founder of Embercombe (www.embercombe.co.uk) introduces the “Children’s Fire” to the attendees of the Qi Global summit in Singapore. He speaks of how over a period of 20 years he was trained by a group of mixed-blood Native Americans … Continue reading

Posted in children, community, culture, Earth, environment, ethics, humanity, law, unity, video, wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Culture and Intellect

By Imam Abdassamad Clarke Ihsan Mosque, Norwich Muslims have been misled by the failed agendas of multiculturalism into making Islam something intrinsically foreign. Dress is one aspect. The point of dress, for both men and women, is modesty and to … Continue reading

Posted in culture, faith, insight, Islam, Muslim, religion, United Kingdom, wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment