There seems to be no end to the attacks on Islam these days as it appears to be punch bag in Europe.

President Sarkozy being the latest in a long line, who has now chosen to attack Burqa.

As these verbal assaults continue to build and get harsher, the Muslims in Europe need to be in a position to intellectually refute these attack, show the flaws in these arguments and at the same time present the solution from Islam.

This week’s talk discusses how we should not carry Islam and the Dawah of Islam, before going on to address how it should be done in the correct way.

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A lot of lies and rumours are portrayed about the concept of Jihad in Islam. It is used by governments around the world, as a word that allows them to justify their political policies against Islam. It is also used as a word to instil fear and confusion in the masses of the Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

The fact is that Jihad is the method of Dawah and the foreign policy of an Islamic state. It is there to be used to convey Islam to the world and bring justice to people who have been oppressed by the man made systems.

However if we look the concept of colonialism, we find it is also the foreign policy of the western Governments of today. However the objective of colonialism is not to look after the affairs of the people per se, but to exploit the people and their resources. Many incidences in the past couple of centuries, as in Sudan and the Indian subcontinent, highlight this fact and even more so today in the Muslim lands.

This week’s talk discusses the issue of Jihad and compares it with Colonialism, highlighting the very clear differences and how this subject should be discussed.

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There is a lot of turmoil today in the British political system. The main issue being faced is the expenses issue. The politicians are enduring all rage of the general population and justifiably so.

However, the problem is not due to the how the expenses system itself, although this is a partial cause, but more to do with the mindset of the politicians.

The politicians go into their profession as a career aim. Most of them did not do anything before politics nor will they ever do anything outside of politics. The result is that the most of the individuals see it as just another job and not as a responsibility to look after the people.

Thus the mentality that develops over the years is one of ‘what can I get for myself’ – which naturally results in a creeping greed and the end result we see today.

In Islam there is no such concept of a career in politics. The idea is that everyone should be involved in it in their daily lives, but some are chosen to represent the thoughts and emotions of the masses, which is then conveyed to the Khalifah or his advisory council.

This talk discusses the issue of the career Politician and why it is flawed and how we as Muslims should address the subject.

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Barack Obama has made his Middle East visit.  It was heralded as the new stance of the USA to the Muslim world.

This week’s talks goes into depth regarding the speech given by the US president in Egypt, breaking down the many points used to try and woo the Muslims around the world.

We point out how the stance really has not changed towards the Muslims in the middle ease or  the world, even if Salaam was given at the beginning of the speech. We also discuss how this stance is more dangerous to the Muslims than Obama’s predecessors.

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The news for the past 15 days has been full of the stories of MPs, their expenses and their corruption.

The general public is in outrage! They want the MPs to step down, pay back the money, and even face criminal prosecution.

Yet these politicians give a simple verbal apology, in some cases pay back some nominal amount compared to the years of pilfering they had carried out, showing contempt for the public and are allowed to carry on with their Jobs.

Yet it is these same people who have the audacity to accuse Islam of having a lack of an accountable government referring to all the dictators that rule the Muslim world today as examples. The question then needs to be asked; how did all this corruption get carried out in the plain site of the public, for decades, in Britain today? How and why was it concealed? Where did the accountability or the notion of an accountable government go?

This week’s circle discusses how Islam does have an accountable government and how this accountability works. The speaker then goes on to how this accountable government would work again in todays reality whereas it has failed miserably in the West today.

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The attention on Islam is unprecedented these days. The focus to change it by any means is now the objective of the western countries.

We discuss this issue from the perspective of our noble Rasool (SAW). How he also faced the calls for change and when he did not concede to the demands of the Quraish, they resorted to boycott, intimidation, offers of bribery and more.

The Muslims today who call for Islam also face this exact same scenario in the West.

This talk is an introduction to the talks to come over the next few weeks, where we will be discussing how we respond as Muslims to the attacks and demands of the Western countries.

However this time we will be discussing the positive aspects of Islam and how it really has a place in today’s world to solve the corruption, the crime, the economic issues and the all the other problems that exist and are faced by Muslims and Non-Muslims.

We hope Insha-Allah that we all have the confidence to become the ambassadors for Islam, as Allah (swt) requires us to and convey it in the best of manners.

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The Rasool (SAW) Said “Be aware of Satan, for your safety of your religion. He has lost all hope that he will ever be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things.“

There are a lot of influences today slowly pressuring the Muslims away from Islam. There are calls to modernise Islam from various voices in the UK.

The title of the talk being used as an example of how the Muslims in Britain should do this, by allowing mixed, unsegregated congregations to take place.

This week’s talk discusses these calls to modernise Islam how we should respond to this. Can Islam be modernised? What does it mean to modernise it?  What can we change if anything of it?

These are some of the import questions answered in the talk.

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This week saw a lot of diplomatic activity with regard to Pakistan.

Hilary Clinton mentioned Pakistan in her speech to the US congress and we saw Gordon Brown make a surprise visit, make speeches calling certain areas of Pakistan as a crucible of terrorism, as well as offer money to the Pakistani Prime minster.

Were all these efforts and mentions there to help Pakistan or were there other motives?
This week’s talk discusses the real reason why the attention on Pakistan is growing on a daily basis.

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There has recently been a lot of attention on the Police.
There have been random stop and searches, normally targeting the Muslim youth. There has also been the raids on innocent people’s houses.
Now the Police are under investigation for the alleged assault of demonstrators at the G20 demonstrations, and in once case the investigation involves a death.

Further to this there have been recent high profile arrests with all of those arrested at gun point being release without any charge whatsoever.

The question then arises where is the justice? Where is the accountability? Are these on off events or is the problem a bit more complex?

This weeks talk addresses these issues and more.

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The Government wants to make Sex and Relationship Education mandatory from the age of 4! What does this mean for the Muslim Community?

Do we want to see sex outside of marriage, illegitimate children, abortions, homosexuality? Because this what it will encourage or do we have an alternative as Muslims?

This week’s talk discusses this issue in detail and goes into details of why the government feels that it needs to teach 4year old children this subject. Is it to a reaction to a problem in society?

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