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Saudi Arabia: the mother of all evils

Abu Dharr

Sha'ban 03, 14352014-06-01

The House of Saud has financed many mercenary writers to paint the Islamic Republic of Iran in a negative light. This hate-campaign, however, is not limited to Iran; even the Ikhwan in Egypt have become victims of Saudi vilification.

Why Muslim leaders need to be strategic in order to acquire political power

Afeef Khan

Sha'ban 03, 14352014-06-01

The ICIT’s value proposition for the business model is to provide emerging Islamic leaders with resources and tools that enable them to become just leaders by implementing good strategy.

Challenging Aal Saud

Zafar Bangash

Rajab 02, 14352014-05-01

The Saud regime’s oppressive decree banning calls for reform, exposure of corruption or withdrawing allegiance from the king has had exactly the opposite effect. People are openly challenging the regime on YouTube and Facebook.

Will the real Ikhwan please stand up!

Abu Dharr

Rajab 02, 14352014-05-01

There is a long history of links between the Ikhwan and the Saudi monarchy. It has not always been a happy relationship but the Ikhwan have a choice to make: which side of the fence do they want to sit on.

Iran-Hamas relations

Zafar Bangash

Jumada' al-Akhirah 01, 14352014-04-01

Relations between Islamic Iran and Hamas are back on track after a hiatus caused by Hamas’ rash decision to burn its bridges with Damascus following eruption of the imperialist-zionist-Wahhabi inspired conspiracy in Syria.

Show me a traitor and I’ll show you a munafiq

Abu Dharr

Jumada' al-Akhirah 01, 14352014-04-01

A leading figure in the Syrian National Coalition haw come out openly to say the SNC is willing to sell the Golan Heights in return for Zionist support to overthrow the Asad regime in Syria.

ICIT’s web library and the emerging Islamic leader

Afeef Khan

Jumada' al-Akhirah 01, 14352014-04-01

The ICIT is about to embark on an ambitious project to make its vast literature available on the web. The aim is to equip emerging Islamic leadership with the tools necessary to set the directional course on a path to Allah.

State of the Ummah

Zafar Bangash

Rabi' al-Thani 29, 14352014-03-01

Muslims must use their proximity to the Qur’an and the Sunnah/Sirah of the noble Messenger (saws) as a standard to determine their standing in the world.

Saudi Arabia: a Kingdom that prays publicly and preys privately

Abu Dharr

Rabi' al-Thani 29, 14352014-03-01

Misleading a generation of Muslim youth to create a “Sunni” militia to launch sectarian warfare will ultimately recoil on the House of Saud. It is setting itself up for a fall.

The broader international context of the conflict in Syria (Re-print)

Iqbal Siddiqui

Rabi' al-Thani 29, 14352014-03-01

The West never had any problem with Bashar al-Asad as long as he did their bidding. Following the “Arab Spring”, the West thought Asad was a low hanging fruit ripe for picking. Three years later, they are waking up to reality.

Iran’s confident mood

Zafar Bangash

Rabi' al-Thani 01, 14352014-02-01

Businessmen, diplomats and politicians are making a beeline to Tehran with proposals and offers reflecting Iran’s position as the most important regional player and the place to be.

Wa-al-Fajr wa-Layalin Ashr: The Islamic Revolution’s First Light of Day and the (dark) Ten Nights (of Arabian hostility)

Abu Dharr

Rabi' al-Thani 01, 14352014-02-01

This month marks the 35th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. It also marks a nightmare for the illegitimate regimes in the Muslim East led by the Saudi clan.

Unity of the Ummah requires practical realisation, as well as pious words (1)

Iqbal Siddiqui

Rabi' al-Thani 01, 14352014-02-01

Islam enjoins unity among Muslims while allowing for differences of opinion. Such differences, unless expressed with the requisite civility, can easily lead to serious problems, even violent conflict as witnessed in places like Iraq, Pakistan and Syria.

The Prophet (saws) and Muslim unity

Zafar Bangash

Rabi' al-Awwal 01, 14352014-01-02

Merely verbalizing love for the noble Messenger (saws) will not bring glory to Muslims; emulating his noble example in practice will. A pre-requisite is to understand the Sirah in its totality, not through anecdotal episodes.

Experience of apartheid

Zafar Bangash

Rabi' al-Awwal 01, 14352014-01-02

Apartheid had a devastating impact not only on the blacks but anyone classified as “non-white” in South Africa. The tiny white minority usurped the bulk of the country’s resources and exploited the rest for its own selfish ends.

(Saudi) Arabians: people who will pull down the whole Temple to have a stone to sit on

Abu Dharr

Rabi' al-Awwal 01, 14352014-01-02

Hiding behind the veneer of religiosity, the self-imposed Saudi tribal monarchy can in fact be linked directly with Abu Jahl and Abu Lahab of yore. The religious veneer is meant to confuse ordinary Muslims.

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Imam is not a private Saudi business

Afeef Khan

Rabi' al-Awwal 01, 14352014-01-02

How Muslims frame an issue determines whether they will find a solution to the problem. Neither iman nor unity is a private or personal affair. “Individuals have access to taqwa; societies have access to iman.”

Iman is not a private Saudi business

Abu Dharr

How Muslims frame an issue determines whether they will find a solution to the problem. Neither iman nor unity is a private or personal affair. “Individuals have access to taqwa; societies have access to iman.”

Dealing with sectarianism

Zafar Bangash

Muharram 27, 14352013-12-01

In Islam difference of opinion is permitted but in a respectful manner. Sectarianism is a deliberately propagated ideology of hate in which one group of Muslims denounces another as ‘kafirs’ and even resorts to killing. Such hate ideology must be exposed and confronted.

Bandar is no Bilal... he is Wahshi

Abu Dharr

Muharram 27, 14352013-12-01

Bandar, the illegitimate son of Sultan born of an illicit affair with a black maid, is the black sheep of the Saudi family. It is not his skin colour but his dark deeds that have aroused so much contempt for him. Like Wahshi, the murderer of Hamza (ra), he is filled with hate.

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