Stay informed about The Revival. Get an email about important events, information when a new issue is launched.
Salaam Revivalers!
It has been a long time. The General Election has brought the Digest out of hiding for a quick issue.
Much of the content below is political and that is on purpose because we need to make sure we take aprt in tomorrow’s General Election and use our votes in ways which we think will have a positive impact.
We are approaching the end of the sleepy summer and the world is gearing up for the new academic year. Students, young and old are awakening from the summer slumber.
So is The Revival
Assalamu Alaikum
This email should reach readers in the middle of Ramadan. Inshallah all of our past fasts will be accepted and our future fasts made easy.
While in Ramadan, please take care that when you open your fast, you do not do it by spreading opression on others - Please make sure you do not fund the oppression of your Palestinian brethren by buying Israeli Medjoul dates.
If you are a big fan of medjoul dates, SKT welfare is currently selling Syrian Medjoul dates in order to raise funds to feed teh Syrian dispossessed.
In this month, the "Let's Talk Show" has once again been broadcast on Radio Ramadan in Oldham and online accross the world. Recordings of the shows have been made available online and more will be added over time.
We are a few weeks away from Ramadan, a month where we look to increase our God consciousness.
A big part of this is understanding the reasons for Islam - not just the practice, but Islamic philosophy.
A top Muslim police officer recently suggested that an aversion to alcohol was a sign of extremism. He may not have understood his faith, but he was far from the truth.
There are less than 7 days remaining until the next general elections in the UK.
Muslims have had a tradition of taking part in political events for the greater good of society since before the hijrah - the Muslims who kigrated to Abysinnia took part in local events and sided with the king when there were attempts to remove him from power.
As muslims we must stand on the side of truth and justice - this means we shouldnt just vote for an individual because he may be from our ethnicity or even claim to be Muslim.
Another month has passed, one in which the Saudi's, probably afraid of a deal between America and Iran decided to bomb the impoverished Yemen and a Muslim organisation in the UK "Declared Jihad on ISIS and other extremist groups".
February was the month when crimes against Muslims hit the media spotlight - or rather the lack of media spotlight when Muslims are victims hit the media spotlight.
Three young Muslims were murdered in America and due to the initial lack of media spotlight the message got taken up in social media. It is still denied that the victims were targetted because they were Muslims, but because "there was a parking dispute".
Unfortunately there is a media narrative when the perpetrator is white, a "reason" must be provided for the lone act, while if the perpetrator is non-white, the ethnic or social grouping must be mentioned.
In January Muslims and Islam were once again thrown into negative spotlight by events in Paris which once again portrayed Muslims as uncivilised killers.
However even during this media spotlight, just like all previous times, some people researched Islam, read about our Prophet 
and his life and saw beauty and truth. Even during this period of negative portrayal of Islam, people converted to Islam.
December has seen the website revitalised with many changes fixing longstanding problems. Plans are afoot to revitalise the platform with new regular content and articles to cover all manner of subjects that will hopefully interest the Muslim community.
if you feel passionate about a subject, or feel that some matter needs to be highlighted, feel free to use The Revival as a platform for your voice. you do not need to subscribe to any ideology, or group, you simply can create an account and start posting content on the subjects of your passions.
Please pass this to others and lets make some noise in support of our Palestinian brethren. We may not be able to do much but we can make dua and make people aware of their plight.
Gaza related:
