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Hady Amr: Ex Clinton Muslim 'Policy Analyst' speaks at UK City Circle- venue operated by Al Qaeda webmaster Iqbal Asaria

August 20, 2006

MIM: In the article below Dominic Casciani disingenuously refers to the City Circle, where ex Clinton aide Hady Amr spoke as" an influential London-based organisation which promotes the development of a distinctive British Muslim identity" .

The City Circle promotes a radical Islamist agenda which aims to turn the United Kingdom into the Umma Khalifate, and the role of Muslims in Britain is intended to bring this about.

One of the leading members the City Circle is Iqbal Asaria an Al Qaeda /CDLR/MIRA operative and webmaster who runs the Webstar internet company. He is the webmaster for the City Circle as well as the Al Qaeda websites Jihad.org, and Umma.org, as well as the IIIT ( Institute for Islamic Political Thought) in the US and Hamas operative Azzam Tamimi's IIIPT (International Institute for Islamic Political Thought) in the UK.

The speakers list at the City Circle is a Who's Who of radical Islamists including:

http://www.thecitycircle.com/pastevents.php

Iqbal Asaria, an Al Qaeda webmaster who runs the sites Ummah.org and Jihad.org. They are now incorporated into Salaam.org. Asaria is also the webmaster of the IIIT in the United States and and it's co organisation the International Institute of Islamic Political Thought. http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/248

The IIPT is run by Azzam Tamimi a known Hamas operative, who is also on the speakers list of the City Circle, as is IIPT advisory board member John Esposito,

Asaria ran websites for the CDLR and MIRA. Last year, the CDLR was declared an Al Qaeda group by the US Department of Treasury and it's website was shut down.

Yvonne Ridley is the pro Taliban journalist convert to Islam , she spoke at a forum together with Makbool Javaid, a civil rights lawyer who also runs the Society of Muslim Lawyers, a sub group of Al Muhajiroun. Ridley told an interviewer that "...September 11 was the best and worst thing that happened to Islam..."

At the forum she lamented that:

"Muslims have lost confidence since September 11th. Something as simple as suicide bombers being martyrs is being denied by prominent sheikhs" http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/~musnews/globalmarch.html

Makbool Javaid is also a speaker at City Circle. In 1997 Javaid was among the signatories of an Al Muhajiroun fatwa declaring war on the UK and the US, which specifically mentioned airports as targets.

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MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN DECLARE WAR AGAINST THE US AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS

PRESS RELEASE

The Fatwa is Jihad against the US and British governments, armies=
interests, airports and institutions and it has been given by the most
prominent scholars of Islam today because of the US and British aggression
against Muslims and the Muslim land of Iraq.

http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/923

MIM:Hady Amr's appearence at the City Circle shows that he has gone from being a stealth Islamist to an overt one. His Amr group openly exploits their political connections for the benefit of fellow Arabs in the Ummah and gives their mission statement as seeking

" to contribute to the economic and social development of the Arab World and to engender more productive Arab-Western relations by providing the highest quality services to our clients in international institutions, government, business and NGOs..."

http://www.amr-group.com/mission.htm

MIM:Prior to the 2000 election Amr, had been working for Gore:

Because of Amr's presence at its Nashville headquarters, the Gore campaign was the first to devote space on its Website to Arab-American issues.

If Arab and Muslim Americans had spent September and October working inside campaigns instead of demonstrating outside the White House, we could have greatly increased our political power and could be in a position to influence policy," Amr said.

http://www.allied-media.com/Arab-American/arab%20americans_rise_in_influence.htm

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/5187008.stm

How Washington speaks to Muslims

By Dominic Casciani
BBC News community affairs


US Congress at night In the dark: Does Washington underestimate Muslims?
In the midst of a war in Iraq and domestic fear of Islamist-inspired terrorism - how should western governments approach their Muslim minorities and the Arab world?

Perhaps a good place to start is to listen to the views of top lobbyist Hady Amr. He was probably the highest ranking Arab-Muslim American in the Clinton Administration - and has spent his years since trying to work out how the US government and Muslims talk to each other.

Last week, the Lebanese-born policy analyst came to London to speak to the City Circle, an influential London-based organisation which promotes the development of a distinctive British Muslim identity.

The big issue for Muslims in the western world, he says, is not whether they should engage in the political process - but how quickly they can organise.

Hady Amr Western governments need to go into the most conservative communities they can stomach if they are going to find ways of building bridges
Hady Amr

"The American political system is like a big rugby pitch. You don't just have two teams playing out there, you have 100 teams. If there are all these teams out there on the pitch, and you're sitting on the sidelines smoking your water pipe, you're not going to get anywhere. The other teams have been working out at the gym."

At the heart of the question of how much political influence Muslims can exert are the hard numbers.

Historically Europe has seen generally low levels of political participation. It's higher in the US however.

Muslims in the US tend to be more educated than their European co-religionists, with six out of 10 having a college degree.

More than 80% are registered to vote and in surveys they register high levels of participation in civic life, such as through volunteering in local schools.

MUSLIM VOTING IN THE US 1996: 56% for Clinton 2000: 46% for Bush 2004: 63% for Kerry (Arab Americans) 2004: 76% for Kerry (all Muslims) Source: Project MAPS, Zogby
The past decade has also seen Muslims in the US tend to follow the national political mood in presidential elections. They voted Clinton and then marginally backed Bush over Gore. However, in 2004, they tended to back the eventual loser John Kerry.

When you combine all these facts and figures, says Hady Amr, it should tell Washington policy makers a lot about a constituency they have failed to keep on side.

"What the numbers tell me is that Arab Muslims were pretty much like any other American, until 2004," he says.

"You don't see massive disparities where they vote en masse for Democrats or Republicans. It's only in 2004 that things change and that is very much down to the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act [the major piece of post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation].

"On the one hand you have a community that is integrated, or integrating, very well into American life, but ... highly critical of foreign policy. These are people who are happy to be part and parcel of American and feel very comfortable with it - except on one big issue."

Middle East polling

Since leaving administration life, Hady has conducted exhaustive focus groups and polling through the Arab world to try to work out exactly what people think of America.

A protester burning the US flag in the Palestinian territories Flag burning: Dramatic but not representative
He has found enormous levels of respect in the Arab world for the US education system and what the nation does in science and technology. But people report mixed feelings about American democracy and have the expected critical view of its foreign policy.

Hady Amr argues that all of the data from inside America and across the Arab world points to a missing link between Muslims and the West, rather than the so-called clash of civilisations and the regular scenes of flag burning that we see on the television screens.

"What do these figures mean? Do they mean that these people [Arabs in the Arab world] are schizophrenic about America? No, it means there are people in the Muslim world who are quite sophisticated in what they like and dislike about America."

The big problem, says Hady Amr, is Iraq, where he believes there will be "no happy ending". So what are the remedies?

You have to get these people to understand who we are and what we stand for
He says there has to be a long-hard look by western governments over who they really talk to.

"After 9/11 there was this refrain in America that we needed to reach out to 'moderate Muslims' because they would be our allies against extremism. I think this is wrong," says Hady Amr.

"You cannot of course go start a casual dialogue with people who use violence. But I think that [western governments] need to go into the most conservative communities they can stomach if they are going to find ways of building bridges.

"You have to get these people to understand who we are and what we stand for. Giving $100m to your friends does not necessarily help because they are your friends already.

"What are our fundamental western values? Pluralism and dialogue. Anyone who has worked in politics knows that the quickest way to alienate people is to not invite them to dinner.

"Extremists will always be extremists because when you hate and are active in that hate, you will continue to be so, no matter what the evidence the world presents.

"But if we can pull the rug from beneath the likes of al-Qaeda, those who cheered and said that America had it coming on 9/11, well, they may be swayed. But it's going to be tough."

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MIM:Hady Amr :Infiltration in action - from the Constitution to the Koran - getting Arabs out for their candidates with the "Yalla Vote"

http://www.allied-media.com/Arab-American/arab%20americans_rise_in_influence.htm

.S. POLITICS -Arab-Americans Rise in Influence
By Catherine Edwards

In-Sight
At a time when discord roils the Middle East and the United States faces an energy crisis, it should not go unnoticed that President George W. Bush received a majority of the Arab-American vote, a constituency that in the past has leaned Democratic. He then appointed former U.S. senator from Michigan Spencer Abraham, an Arab-American, as his secretary of energy. "Really, Bush and [Dick] Cheney did a good job here," Abdulwahab Alkebsi, deputy director of the American Muslim Council, tells Insight. "They are shoring up the Arab vote. It was a real stroke of genius to appoint an Arab-American to the post that works with the Middle East." The Republican Party has close ties to Israel but, surprisingly or not, Bush's relationship with Arab-Americans was not an accident. Karl Rove, his chief campaign strategist, was in touch with the Arab-American community early and often during the campaign. Al Gore had surged in the polls after the Democratic convention and Rove came to Washington in September to plan his man's next moves in hopes of regaining the lead in the presidential race. On his way to the airport to catch his flight back to Texas, Khaled Saffuri, executive director of the Islamic Institute, joined Rove in his car. Saffuri explained to him that the vote of the Arab-American community, which includes both Muslims and Christians, still was up for grabs.

The community is prosperous and could be the source of considerable campaign contributions. If Bush would mention in public just a few of the issues that concern Arab-Americans, Saffuri told Rove, he would win their hearts, their minds and their support. Saffuri founded the Islamic Institute in 1998 in an effort to involve the Muslim community positively in the U.S. political process. Stereotypes of this community as wild-eyed terrorists had caused Democratic presidential candidates Walter Mondale in 1984 and Michael Dukakis in 1988 to return campaign contributions from Arab-Americans. Even Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole canceled a meeting with them for the same reason in 1996. Rove wasn't so quick on the draw and he passed the word on to Bush. During the second presidential debate, Bush responded to a question about racial discrimination that "Arab-Americans are racially profiled in what's called secret evidence. People are stopped [in airports on suspicion] and we've got to do something about that."

He also mentioned his support for legislation sponsored by Abraham to repeal the secret-evidence act. Two weeks later, the American Muslim Political Coordinating Council endorsed Bush for president. Last summer, 56 percent of Arab-Americans said they would vote for Gore while only 24 percent said they supported Bush. A Zogby poll taken at the end of November showed a reversal: 45 percent of Arab-Americans said they voted for Bush, while Gore drew only 38 percent of their vote. An exit poll taken on Election Day revealed that 72 percent of American Muslims had voted for Bush. This community that had existed largely at the margins of American politics now was receiving national attention. The Bush comment clearly got their attention.

Sam Zakhem, a member of the Bush National Finance Committee and former U.S. ambassador to Bahrain, notes that it was Bush, himself, who reached out to Arab-Americans and the 6 million Muslims in the United States. Today, more than 3 million Arab Americans reside in the United States. Almost 75 percent are Christians and 23 percent are Muslims. Most are Lebanese followed by Syrians, Egyptians and Palestinians. Their average annual income at $75,000 is well above the national average.

A Zogby poll indicates that issues of importance to them are detainment on secret evidence, airport profiling, the plight of Palestinian refugees and the need for a just solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. As important, however, are domestic issues: Social Security, Medicare, crime, taxes, school vouchers and abortion. Interestingly, the Islamic Institute neither mentions international issues to its members nor discusses them in its literature. Saffuri tells Insight that the younger generation of Arab-American Muslims is concerned about domestic issues.

While their parents still are interested in the political situation in the Middle East, younger Arabs want to learn how they can influence tax policy and educate their kids. The Islamic Institute holds regular briefings on Capitol Hill to let staff and members of Congress know how Arab-Americans feel about education, gun control and other issues. Abraham Torani calls this a paradigm shift. Torani worked for the Islamic Institute in Michigan to get out the vote.

He tells Insight, "Now there is a total awareness that protesting from the outside does not get Muslims anywhere. By protesting and not voting you make a statement for sure. But by voting you make a difference." Michigan has one of the largest Arab-American populations in the United States; only New York and California having more. Concentrated around the auto industry in southeast Michigan, these Arab-Americans found themselves being heavily catered to by the presidential campaigns for the first time.

Bush and his national-security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, visited Michigan's Arab-Americans during the campaign. Gore, his wife, Tipper, and running mate Joseph Lieberman also paid them a visit. Arab American Institute (AAI) President James Zogby is a Lebanese-American and says that being courted like this is quite a switch from the treatment his community has received in the past from politicians. "I have been working on this issue in Washington for 24 years," Zogby tells Insight, "and when I came to town there were about six of us working on this."

Now Arab-Americans are starting to be referred to as a voting bloc. For 15 years AAI has organized a massive voter-registration drive in the Arab-American community. Their 2000 voter-registration drive, called the "Yalla Vote," mobilized and educated Arab-Americans in nine states, sending AAI voter-registration guides to 100,000. The Democratic and Republican conventions counted nearly 60 Arab-American delegates between them. Bush visited with the Michigan Arab-American community in Dearborn on Oct. 5, 2000, and mentioned airport profiling and secret evidence in the Wake Forest University presidential debate with Gore on Oct. 11, 2000. Several days later, Gore announced support for repeal of rules allowing terrorist suspects to be held on secret evidence.

To reach Arab Muslims, the American Muslim Council, the American Muslim Alliance, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Public Affairs Council together formed the American Muslim Political Coordination Council. They spent the spring and early summer organizing voter-registration and education drives. "We are able to get our message out to voters through the mosques," says Saffuri. The Islamic Institute's board chairman gave an islamic invocation at the Republican National Convention, the first time that has happened. Saffuri had met privately with Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson and the House Republican leadership to express the desire of his religious community to be included at the convention.

Saffuri also had been instrumental in arranging a meeting of Muslim leaders with Bush at the Texas-governor's mansion in May 2000. Similar requests for meetings went out to the Gore campaign but the response was much slower, says Saffuri. After the Islamic invocation at the Republican convention, the Democrats asked an imam from the Los Angeles area to pray at their convention. Gore also hired an Arab-American to be his national director for ethnic outreach. Born in Lebanon, Hady Amr took a leave of absence from his post as an economist at the World Bank to campaign for Gore. Amr tells Insight that Arab-Americans long have been excluded from the political mainstream. "But that can come to an end if this community is willing to struggle for political inclusion from inside America's political house," he says

. Because of Amr's presence at its Nashville headquarters, the Gore campaign was the first to devote space on its Website to Arab-American issues. Amr points out that although many Arab and Muslim groups endorsed Bush, Gore won Michigan, California and New York where the Arab populations are most concentrated. Amr agrees with Torani of the Islamic Institute that Arab-Americans, and especially Muslim Americans, can make a bigger difference being involved in the process rather than protesting it. "If Arab and Muslim Americans had spent September and October working inside campaigns instead of demonstrating outside the White House, we could have greatly increased our political power and could be in a position to influence policy," Amr says.

Republican professionals hope the presence in the Bush Cabinet of Spencer Abraham as secretary of energy will be a powerful influence indeed. Abraham is the first Arab-American to head the department that deals heavily with the Middle East and its oil production - an issue that affects every American.

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http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/298

Islam - A European future": That's the title of a talk given this evening by M. Iqbal Asaria at the City Circle, "a network of professionals drawn mainly from the City of London." Judging by the description of the talk, Asaria is sketching out how and why Muslims will predominate in Europe and why this will mean breaking the old special relationship with the United States: "Europe needs good relations with its Muslim citizens and the Muslim world. Much of the debate over how close Europe should be with the United States to the detriment of its Muslim neighbours and citizens is driven by these realities." Asaria promises to "explore these unfolding realties and ask whether Muslims are ready to grasp these emerging opportunities and what they must do to capitalise on then." What is particularly noteworthy is that Asaria, someone associated with such Islamist organizations as the Islamic Foundation in Leicester and the Muslim Council of Britain, was recipient of a CBE in this year's Queen's honors list. (February 4, 2005)

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MIM: Iqbal Asaria no longer puts his name on his company's Webstar domain listings, but 336 Pinner Road is the location of his company and the address for Jihad.org Ummah.org , the IIIT the IIPT and Salaam.org as well.

Domain Name.......... thecitycircle.com
Creation Date........ 2000-03-15
Registration Date.... 2003-02-11
Expiry Date.......... 2007-03-15
Organisation Name.... The City Circle
Organisation Address. 32 Alverstone Road
Organisation Address. _
Organisation Address. Wembley
Organisation Address. HA9 9SB
Organisation Address. Middlesex
Organisation Address. GREAT BRITAIN (UK)

Admin Name........... Domain Manager
Admin Address........ 336 Pinner Road
Admin Address........ Harrow
Admin Address........ Midlesex
Admin Address........ HA1 4LB
Admin Address........ London
Admin Address........ GREAT BRITAIN (UK)
Admin Email.......... [email protected]
Admin Phone.......... +44.2088612012
Admin Fax............ +44.2088613113

Tech Name............ Domain Manager
Tech Address......... 336 Pinner Rd
Tech Address......... _
Tech Address......... Harrow
Tech Address......... HA1 4LB
Tech Address......... Middlesex
Tech Address......... GREAT BRITAIN (UK)
Tech Email........... [email protected]
Tech Phone........... +44.2088612012
Tech Fax............. _
Name Server.......... ns1.ixwebhosting.com
Name Server.......... ns2.ixwebhosting.com

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25 Jul 2003 Gentleness in Da'wah Abu Muntasir & Shaykh Nizam Yaquby
18 Jul 2003 Creative Science: Role of Islamic Art Mohamed Abu Mustafa
11 Jul 2003 Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith Abu Aaliyah
04 Jul 2003 America - History's First Hyperpower Prof Ziauddin Sardar
29 Jun 2003 Look who's talking! Dr Ghada Karmi, Yvonne Ridley, Aaqil Ahmed, Shaista Aziz
27 Jun 2003 HasbunAllah - Allah is sufficient Abu Muntasir
20 Jun 2003 The Story of Musa (Moses) Abdullah Ihsan
13 Jun 2003 Support George Galloway MP George Galloway MP, Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, Anas Altikriti, Abu Muntasir & Shaykh Hatham Tamim
06 Jun 2003 Oil and Colonialism in the Caucasus Gregg Muttitt & James Marriott
30 May 2003 How to live life as a minority Dr Zafarul Islam Khan
23 May 2003 Indonsesian Children Relief + Dinner Nizma Augstik / ICR
16 May 2003 'War On Terror' Threatens Us All Just Peace/ CC
12 May 2003 Confronting Imperialism Prof Tariq Ramadan, Yvonne Ridley and George Galloway MP
09 May 2003 Democracy & Civil Society - Towards An Islamist Discourse Dr Bobby Sayyid
02 May 2003 Our Distinguished Ummah Abu Muntasir
25 Apr 2003 The Art of Theatre - Rekindling a Muslim Tradition Luqman Ali & Hajaz Akram
11 Apr 2003 Muslim Civil Society - The Lost Heritage of Islam Professor Iftikhar Malik
04 Apr 2003 Saddness & Hope Abu Muntasir
28 Mar 2003 Experiences of War & Conflict + Dinner Waseem Yaqoub, S Ahmed, Dr Adnan Siddiqui
21 Mar 2003 Life Inside Iraq Dr Shatha Besarani
14 Mar 2003 Faith, Politics & Common Sense Dr Abdelwahab El-Affendi
07 Mar 2003 Al Fatiha:The Opening Abu Muntasir
21 Feb 2003 No War No War Abdul Jabar Al-Kubaisey, Dr Siddiqui & Lyndsey German
07 Feb 2003 The qualities of the Prophet (saw) Abu Muntasir
24 Jan 2003 True Lies - An Iraqi Story Dr Burhan M Al-Chalabi & Jeremy Corbyn MP
17 Jan 2003 UK Islamic finanical products - scopes and possibilities M Iqbal Asaria
10 Jan 2003 The unique qualities of Muhammad (saw) Abu Muntasir
13 Dec 2002 The nature of angels + Eid Dinner + Aqeeqa Abu Muntasir
01 Nov 2002 Stories from the occupation George Rishmawi
25 Oct 2002 Afghanistan - story of the innocents Dr Asif Chaudhry & Tariq Kurshid
18 Oct 2002 Palestine on the ground 2002 (video diary) James Kirkham
11 Oct 2002 Our children are precious Abu Muntasir
04 Oct 2002 Parenting, it's problems, challenges and rewards Mohammed Saleem Kayani
27 Sep 2002 Through Muslim Eyes Fuad Nahdi & Teresa Smith
20 Sep 2002 Stop the War! Sandy Nicoll & Shahed Saleem
13 Sep 2002 Purification of the souls Abu Muntasir
06 Sep 2002 Parenting in contemporary times Mohammed Saleem Kayani
30 Aug 2002 This law of ours Prof Daud Noibi
24 Aug 2002 Life in the fast lane Gai Eaton & Zaid Shakir
23 Aug 2002 Clear and present danger Yvonne Ridley, Anas Al Tikrity, Abdul Rehman Malik & Makbool Javaid
16 Aug 2002 To Be a British Muslim Abu Muntasir
09 Aug 2002 A View from the Outside Yvonne Ridley
02 Aug 2002 A Crisis of the Heart Shaykh Riyad Nadwi
26 Jul 2002 Not In My Name Video and talk by Linsey German
19 Jul 2002 Life After Marriage + Dinner Daoud Rosser-Owen
12 Jul 2002 Liberating ourselves from our own prejudices Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui
05 Jul 2002 Implementing Shari'ah in diaspora Prof Daud Noibi
28 Jun 2002 India, Pakistan and Kashmir - the way ahead Mike Marquse, Nageeb Mubaruki & Gita Sahgal
21 Jun 2002 Help and be helped Abu Muntasir
07 Jun 2002 The Muslim family in Britain today Mohammed Saleem Kayani
31 May 2002 The way of the Prophet (saw) Shaykh Haytham Tamim
24 May 2002 Give the children hope Abu Muntasir
17 May 2002 A Witness to Terror Yvonne Ridley
10 May 2002 Time to make a difference Makbool Javaid & Maleiha Malik
03 May 2002 Under Siege - Islam or the Muslim Mind? Shaykh Riyad Nadwi
26 Apr 2002 Charity Abu Muntasir
19 Apr 2002 Palestine - past, present and future Afif Safieh
12 Apr 2002 The next propaganda war David Musa Pidcock
05 Apr 2002 Our parents Abu Muntasir
22 Mar 2002 The war on terror - how does it affect you? Mark Littlewood, Asad Rehman, Paul Feldman
15 Mar 2002 Troubled youth + EID DINNER Abdullah Trevathon, Paul Wilson-Eme
08 Mar 2002 The divine calling Shaykh Haytham Tamim
01 Mar 2002 Islamic character Abu Muntasir
15 Feb 2002 Being a real man in Islam - Drugs, criminality and manhood Yahya Birt
08 Feb 2002 The battle for ideas in the 21st century Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui
01 Feb 2002 Islamic character Abu Muntasir
25 Jan 2002 Tafsir Mohammed Saleem Kayani
18 Jan 2002 The truth about money David Musa Pidcock
11 Jan 2002 Islam - The Mercy + Eid Dinner Shaykh Hatham Tamim
04 Jan 2002 Islamic character Abu Muntasir
09 Nov 2001 Islam & the peace movement. Where do we stand? Abu Muntasir, Bruce Kent, Jeremy Corbyn, Dr Kemal Helbawi and Sarah Joseph
02 Nov 2001 A war to what end? Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui
19 Oct 2001 Muslims in the new world order Shaykh Riyad Nadwi
19 Oct 2001 Dealing Justly. Tafsir (Explanation) of Surah Al-Maidah Mohammed Saleem Kayani
05 Oct 2001 Remaining firm in Du'a Abu Muntasir
28 Sep 2001 The Illusion of human rights Shaykh Haytham Tamim
21 Sep 2001 The coming of Muhammad (saw) (Part 2) Abdur Razak Bezan
14 Sep 2001 Islamophobia in Popular Culture and Fiction Dr Anas Ali Sheikh
07 Sep 2001 Cultural Islam: What does it mean for Muslims in the West Shaykh Riyad Nadwi
31 Aug 2001 A Muslim Identity in the City? Shaykh Habib Ali Jiffiri
24 Aug 2001 Andalusian Encounters Bensalem Bouabdallah
17 Aug 2001 The Coming of Muhammad (pbuh) Abdur Razak Bezan
10 Aug 2001 Shari'ah - the Nigerian experience Prof Daud Noibi
03 Aug 2001 How the media is spun? Faisal Bodi
27 Jul 2001 Prophet's (saw) Farewell Sermon - Its implications Shaykh Professor Salman Nadwi
20 Jul 2001 UN complicity in Bosnia: Who shall forget Srebrenica? Geoffrey Robertson QC, Jeremy Bowen, Dr Yaqub Zaki
13 Jul 2001 Persecution Nizma Augstik, Tariq Khan, Abdur Razaq Bezan
06 Jul 2001 Hikmah (Wisdom), Tafsir of Surah Luqman Mohammed Saleem Kayani
29 Jun 2001 Mithaq al-madinah - The first written constitution Shaykh Professor Salman Nadwi
23 Jun 2001 Different Strokes for Different Folks Monir Arimoku
22 Jun 2001 Understanding and knowing your position in society Abu Muntasir, Paul Obinna
08 Jun 2001 Socio-political implications of the Hijrah Shaykh Professor Salman Nadwi
01 Jun 2001 Muslim Media in the West Ahmed Versi
25 May 2001 On achieving happiness Abu Muntasir
18 May 2001 Muslim partcipation in the General Election? Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui
11 May 2001 An Illustrated Lecture on Islamic Britain Dr Yaqub Zaki
05 May 2001 The Makkan opposition to Islam Shaykh Professor Salman Nadwi
27 Apr 2001 Considering the faults in our own soul Abu Muntasir
20 Apr 2001 Marriage - Making it work, Part 2 Abdur Razak Bezan
12 Apr 2001 Education or Entertainment - Striking the balance Dawud Warnsby Ali
06 Apr 2001 On Reflection Shaykh Muhammad Abu Baker
30 Mar 2001 Ad Men or Mad Men? How much more can we take? George Monbiot, Hamza Yusuf Hanson
23 Mar 2001 Nurturing our children through the Nature of Islam Shaykh Riyad Nadwi
16 Mar 2001 Marriage Abdur Razak Bezan
10 Mar 2001 The LightStudy Programme: The Prophetic Invocation
09 Mar 2001 The Prophet's Conduct of State - The Treaty of Hudaibiya Shaykh Professor Salman Nadwi
02 Mar 2001 How safe is your 'halal' meat ? Masood Khawaja
23 Feb 2001 Globalisation and the future of Islam Dr M Wilfried Hofmann
16 Feb 2001 Tafsir of Surah Al-Fatihah Mohammed Saleem Kayani
09 Feb 2001 The Ecology of Islam Fazlun Khalid
02 Feb 2001 Zuhud (Part II) Abu Muntasir
26 Jan 2001 Islam in Britain: A Short Documentary Navid Akhtar
19 Jan 2001 Developing our youth through an Islamic Education Abdullah Trevathon
12 Jan 2001 Tafsir of Surah Al-Isra Mohammed Saleem Kayani
05 Jan 2001 Zuhud (Part I) Abu Muntasir
09 Dec 2000 The Night of Power - Lailatul Qadr
24 Nov 2000 Ramadhan Abdur Razak Bezan
17 Nov 2000 Intifada - the Sequel Dr Azzam Tamimi
10 Nov 2000 LIFE: What's Islam got to do with it? Sarah Joseph
03 Nov 2000 Forgiveness and Ramadhan Abdur Razak Bezan
27 Oct 2000 Sunnah of Correcting in a Pleasant Manner Abu Muntasir
20 Oct 2000 Love - The Most Powerful Emotion Shaykh Riyad Al-Nadwi
13 Oct 2000 Tafsir of Surah Al-Mulk Mohammed Saleem Kayani
06 Oct 2000 The Marsh Arabs Dr Hamid Ahmed
29 Sep 2000 Seerah Shaykh Muhammed Shariff
22 Sep 2000 The Rights of Children Abdur Razak Bezan
15 Sep 2000 Educating for Difference Mohammed Ibrahim
08 Sep 2000 Project Brainstorming The City Circle
01 Sep 2000 The Expiation of Sin Abu Muntasir
25 Aug 2000 Tafsir - Qur'anic Worldview Mohammed Saleem Kayani
18 Aug 2000 A Global Village: At whose expense? Imam Zaid Shakir, George Monbiot
13 Aug 2000 Caring for the Community Sophia Soliman
11 Aug 2000 Biology in the Qur'an Shariq Ali Khan
04 Aug 2000 Righteousness Abu Muntasir
28 Jul 2000 Understanding the Seerah Salim Fredricks
21 Jul 2000 The City Circle Workshop
14 Jul 2000 How Muslims Should Politically Mobilise Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui
07 Jul 2000 Resurrection Abdur Razak Bezan
30 Jun 2000 Emulating the Prophet (saw) Shaykh Muhammed Shariff
23 Jun 2000 How to Approach the Qur'an - A Guide for the Lay P Dr Saleem Kayani
16 Jun 2000 Aspirations and the Muslim Psyche Shaykh Riyadh Al-Nadvi
09 Jun 2000 Geology in the Qur'an and Sunnah Shariq Ali Khan
02 Jun 2000 Reminding Ourselves Abu Muntasir
26 May 2000 Another Approach to Islamic Finance & Banking Abdul Gafoor
19 May 2000 Islamic Finance & Commerce Tarek El-Diwany
12 May 2000 Media and Islam Daud Mathews
05 May 2000 Haya Abu Muntasir
28 Apr 2000 The Time in the Grave Abdul Razak Bezan
14 Apr 2000 Lessons from the Life of Malcolm X, and the Nation Imam Muradadeen
08 Apr 2000 Bridging the Gap
07 Apr 2000 After Hardship Comes Ease Abu Muntasir
31 Mar 2000 The Art of Dawah Dr Imran Alawyie
24 Mar 2000 Seeking Repentence Abdul Razak Bezan
10 Mar 2000 Kith & Kin Abu Muntasir
03 Mar 2000 Dreams and Their Significance Abdul Razak Bezan
26 Feb 2000 LSE Islamic Finance Seminar
25 Feb 2000 Astronomy in the Qur'an Shariq Ali Khan
18 Feb 2000 Manners in Speech Abdul Razak Bezan
11 Feb 2000 Intention Abu Muntasir
04 Feb 2000 The Role of the Muslim Family in Britain Today Shaykh Hafiz Ijaz
28 Jan 2000 Trial and Tribulation Abdul Razak Bezan
21 Jan 2000 Islam, Iman, Ihsan Shaykh Muhammad Abu Bakr
14 Jan 2000 Islamic Character Abu Muntasir
03 Dec 1999 Conflict in the Caucusus Dr. Marie Benningson, Yusuf Islam, Dr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, Dr. Yaqub Zaki
26 Nov 1999 Unity: Curing the Illness Imam Ramee Mohammed
19 Nov 1999 Community: And the role of the individual Dr Imran Alawyie
12 Nov 1999 Remembrence of Allah Abu Muntasir
05 Nov 1999 Jinns Abdul Razak Bezan
29 Oct 1999 The Nature of Angels & Iblis Professor Daud Noibi
22 Oct 1999 IAW Dinner Omar Abdullah
15 Oct 1999 Dawah to Non-Muslims Abu Muntasir
08 Oct 1999 Seeking Guidance Abdul Razak Bezan
01 Oct 1999 The Beautiful Names of Allah Professor Daud Noibi
24 Sep 1999 Speaker unable to attend Shaykh Mohsin Al-Najar
17 Sep 1999 Attending to the Purity of the Heart Abu Muntasir
10 Sep 1999 Seerah of the Prophet (Upon Whom be Peace) Shaykh Mohsin Najjar
20 Aug 1999 Tafsir Surah Al-Fatiha Abdul Razak Bezan
03 Aug 1999 The Hadith of Gibrael Professor Daud Noibi
16 Jul 1999 Scientific Signs in the Qur'an Shariq Ali
10 Jul 1999 Surviving the World of Work
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