Reviewed by Bulbul-e-Bangal Professor Anjum’s seminal essay “Who Wants the Caliphate?” presents a comprehensive case for reconsidering Islamic political unity in the contemporary world, meriting serious scholarly engagement despite its ambitious claims. Having had the honour of meeting Professor Anjum during my time at Cambridge when he was visiting for a day and praying Maghrib…
by Bulbul-e-Bangal There is a malaise in our hearts that we dare not name. We who have borne the standard of Islam through decades, even centuries, of defeat, through a narrative of failed revolutions, broken promises, and the gradual erosion of our civilisational confidence, find ourselves today caught between rage and numbness. We may indeed…
Translated by Bulbul-e-Bangal Why Have Prayers Become Ineffective? My brothers in Islam! In today’s lecture, I feel the need to tell you why the prayer, whose numerous benefits I have continuously explained to you in several sermons, is no longer providing us those benefits? What is the matter that we offer prayers and still out…
Maulana Sayed Abul A’la Maududi Translated by Bulbul-e-Bengal What would you say about a servant who, instead of performing his duties as ordered by his master, just stands in front of him all the time with folded hands, constantly chanting his master’s name? The master tells him to go and fulfill various tasks for different…
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