My encounter with a Roman who followed the Vedas
Ghulam Esposito Haydar from New Muslim Network describes his encounter with a devout follower of the Hindu holy scripture Vedas at a dawah stall in Manchester.
One Saturday afternoon,...
Dilly Hussain interviews Zee Shah from The Apprentice: Follow your dreams
Zeeshan Shah was one of the Muslim candidates in this year's BBC The Apprentice. In an exclusive interview with Dilly Hussain, he tells us...
Dr Farhat Hashmi’s silence over the state of the Ummah
Dr Farhat Hashmi is a prominent Islamic scholar from Pakistan who recently attended Makki Masjid in Longsight (Manchester) to give a talk. The mosque was...
Q & A with a niqabi: I am a full member of British society
The niqab is making the headlines in the UK after Birmingham Metropolitan University banned the face veil and then reversed its decision last week.
On...
Somali youth targeted by MI5 in Britain’s war on terror
Somali youth are at the frontline of Britain’s war on terror, they are a community under siege, writes Roshan Muhammed Salih who has conducted...
A look back at history: The siege of Mecca
On Nov 20 1979, Masjid al Haraam in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam, was taken over by Islamist dissidents in one of the...
Kashmir: The unifinished business of partition
Kashmiri liberation activist, Rabia Khan writes that once NATO troops withdraw from Afghanistan, the focus will return to the partition of Kashmir.
As 2014 nears...
Biggest British Muslim news stories of 2013
Deputy Editor of 5Pillarz, Dilly Hussain goes over some of the biggest news stories of 2013 relating to Muslims in the UK.
2013 has been...
The role of Islam and Muslims in Uganda
Islamic activist Muhammad Abdullah writes that Muslims have historically played a pivotal role in Ugandan society. However, since the removal of Idi Amin Dada...
Ariel Sharon: Hammer of the Arabs
The former Israeli military commander and prime minister Ariel Sharon died today after spending the last eight years in a coma. Loved by Israelis...
