At the height of the Empire, a select band of British people renounced Christianity and converted to Islam. These are the stories of three such pioneers, who defied Victorian norms at a time when Christianity was the bedrock of British identity. Abdullah Quilliam William Henry Quilliam adopted
Month: April 2020
The mosque at 8 Brougham Terrace opened in 1889, two years after Abdullah Quilliam converted to Islam Image copyright Abdullah Quilliam Society Image caption The first mosque founded in England, which has stood as a derelict shell for many years, has been refurbished and reopened to
The mosque, in the middle of the three houses owned by Quilliam, has fallen into disrepair On a bleak, wet and windy day in Liverpool the old Georgian, white-stoned building which once housed England’s first registered mosque looks quite dull. The property on Brougham Terrace is just a
People walk through a New York neighborhood with numerous halal restaurants and grocers on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on April 23, 2020. (CNN)The coronavirus pandemic has turned life upside down for many New Yorkers, including those who wish to safely practice their faiths.
Pontiac, an Ottawa Indian, confronts Colonel Henry Bouquet, a leader of the British forces, who had authorized his officers in the 1700s to spread smallpox amongst Native Americans by infecting blankets (CNN)She was no more than 6 when she saw the black birds come for her family. Her name was
An earlier column in this series looked at the unknown or neglected history of accidents involving nuclear weapons. Much of the secrecy that shrouds nuclear issues, above all their actual targeting, is the result of deliberate supprerssion by governments with the collusion of the
Every year, as we sight the crescent of Ramadan, our minds race to formulate a plan for the month. This, I know, is increasingly becoming a common practice among the Muslim youth nowadays most of them make what is called a “Ramadan To-Do list.” This is a good and positive trend. However, the
If you listened closely this week, behind the terrifying clamor of Covid-19 sweeping across the planet, you might’ve heard the sound of war nearly breaking out again between the United States and Iran. On Wednesday, the birthday of assassinated Iranian Gen. Qassim Suleimani, a
Members of the Rhode Island Army National Guard prepare to process patients at the sample collection site at the Community College of Rhode Island’s Knight Campus in Warwick, R.I., on April 1, 2020. Photo: Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic now ravaging
When I was growing up, the world was a perfect place. The only problem was, that it wasn’t. I used to believe that everything could always be ‘fair’. To me that meant no one should ever be wronged, and if they were, justice must be served. I fought hard for the way I believed things […]
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