I do not know what to say about her or how to say it? I wanted to imitate the French writer who was speaking one day in a conference about the Virgin Mary (Pbuh). He said, “For 1700 years all of the speakers have spoken of Mary (Pbuh). For 1700 years, all philosophers and thinkers of various nations of the East and West have spoken of the value of Mary (Pbuh). For 1700 years, the poets of the world have spent all of their creative efforts and power in their …

The recent wave of cold-blooded targeted killings of Shiites Muslims at multiple locations throughout Pakistan is almost too horrific to digest. More than 250 Shias have been brutally murdered in the last three months alone; a similar number of Shias are injured or permanently maimed. Another chance to show our unity, responsibility and solidarity with our brothers and sisters in faith who are being massacred in Parachinar, Gilgit, Hazara, Quetta, Karachi and various other places across Pakistan. Now is the time to raise our voice against the oppressors and show …

Only for Allah…
Have we ever thought what our criteria for evaluating humanity is? To what extent do we adhere to that criteria?
The existence of plants depends on two things: their power of absorption and their power of repulsion. These two powers manifest themselves in the existence of animals in the form of happiness and wrath, both of which root in their instinct and nature. But how are they in human beings?
Our happiness and wrath are usually due to our physical needs. In this case we have not reached the level of humanity yet. One reaches the …

Pakistan has roughly 40-50 million Shias. They are spread across the country, each with their own unique circumstance, yet all subject to systematic attacks and violence on a regular and ongoing basis- whether it is machine gun attacks on Friday prayers, killing of Shia pilgrims coming and going to Karbala and Meshhad, indiscriminate bomb blasts and attacks on Ashura or Arbaeen processions killing women and children, or indeed the targeted killing of influential Shia professionals in important Pakistani institutions.

UCLU Ahlul-Bayt Islamic Society, London Academy of Iranian Studies and The
International Peace Studies Centre, are pleased to announce the new schedule for the lecture series by Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr!
“Islam and The West: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”
Date: Friday 9th March 2012, 6pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, UCL Cruciform Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT
with internationally-renowned Scholar
PROF. SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Nasr)
Refreshments will be served
Email admin@muslimstudentcouncil.org to reserve your place. LIMITED SPACES.
Please also note the other lecture in this series (Islam and the Question of Peace):http://www.facebook.com/events/194442267328677/
Event Synopsis
by S. H. Nasr
The yesterday of the historical relations …