The Arbaeen Walk to the Shrine of Imam Husayn in Karbala attracts some twenty-plus million pilgrims every year. This reflection explains the phenomenon and seeks to drawn out some of the deeper meaning from a Shi’a perspective. Click here to view or […]
Arbaeen – justice equity and peace. Read More »
Within weeks of the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001, which brought Islam into the general media, I was asked by a Christian publishing house to write a short book to help non-Muslim people understand what Islam is
The Essence of Islam – Finnish Translation (revised 2024) Read More »
Within weeks of the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001, which brought Islam into the general media, I was asked by a Christian publishing house to write a short book to help non-Muslim people understand what Islam is
The Essence of Islam (revised 2024) Read More »
Christians and Muslims often form friendships and work together on projects for the common good of human society. A Christian group asked for some theological reflections to underpin such work and to explore some of the issues thus raised. You can read
Theological reflections on Christian and Muslim friendship and working together. Read More »
Islam works on the lunar year, which is shorter than the solar year, and so everything timed by it appears to move forward by about eleven days annually when compared to the solar calendar. This means that Ramadan will be moving through
A conference was planned by the Islamic Centre of England, the Iranian administered mosque in London, for the summer of 2020 to make known the life and example of Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, the third Imam in Shi’a understanding.
Husayn, the grandson of Muhammad: contemporary reflections on the struggle for justice Read More »
Eight hundred years ago, in 1219, Francis of Assisi made the journey to Egypt and had an historic encounter with the leader of the Muslim forces arrayed against the crusaders, Sultan Malik al-Kamil. This had an impact on the rest of his
Francis of Assisi meets Sultan Malik al-Kamil Read More »