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By Sajid Iqbal
What can be said about a man who has been called many things? He is known as a role model to Muslims. A religious fanatic. A father for black power. A menace to society. An inspirational leader and a legend.
Malcolm X was born in America in 1925, during a time when race relationships were strained. His mother was a housewife and his father was a Baptist Minister who was killed in a fire at a young age(Read More and comment)
By Alveena Salim
You pull up to a red light beside a car full of rude-boy wannabes blasting one of the latest RnB/hip-hop/rap tunes, and before the light turns green, you’ve heard of four different sex acts, someone’s mum cussed, you’re told to get high on drugs and encouraged to beat up the “ho that steps outta line”.
Over on MTV base there are women bumping and grinding, wearing tiny thongs, dancing for men and shaking all they’ve got – usually to lyrics that refer to them as “b***, ho’s or sluts”. (Read More and comment)
Sami Yusuf, largely unknown to the Western world, is dubbed “Islam’s Biggest Rock Star” by Time magazine.
He was born in Tehran but grew up in London in a family of musicians and started composing music at a very young age. He later studied classical oriental music in London, alongside renowned composers and musicians including composers from the Royal Academy of Music in London, which is one of the world’s most prestigious music institutions. He has also studied Islam and Arabic from Al-Azhar University in Egypt and is able to sing in Urdu, Arabic, English, Turkish and Persian. (Read More and comment)
