The papers were presented under four major themes: the Hajj in the Qur’an, the History and Practice of the Hajj, the Hajj and the Islamic movement, and the Future, one on each day. Each group of papers was followed by a discussion, with the speakers of the day forming a panel….
A ringing declaration that the Haramain – Makkah and Medina – are a common heritage of the entire Ummah, and that control over them should pass to ‘institutions representing all Muslims, was made at the International Hajj Seminar in London…
(Editorial, Crescent International, 1-15 November, 1980) This issue of Crescent International straddles the last few days of the fourteenth hijra century and the first few days of the fifteenth century. The turn of the Islamic century is not an Eid; it is an occasion for quiet reflection. The last hundred years have seen the Muslim…
In the absence of an indigenous armaments industry, what options are open to the Islamic Revolution? The major strategy must rest on the fact that the Islamic movement is a global movement…
(Editorial, Crescent International, 16-30 October, 1980.) It is not a war between Iraq and Iran. It is not even an invasion of Iran by Iraq. It is a war against Islam by the enemies of Islam in the tradition set by Abu Jahl in Makkah 1400 years ago. On this occasion the enemies of Islam…
(Editorial, Crescent International, September 1-15, 1980.) Sultan Salahuddin Ayyubi liberated Jerusalem in 1187 after the holy city had been in the hands of the Crusaders for 88 years. But before dealing with the Crusader States, Sulahuddin Ayyubi first had to deal with the Caliph of Egypt, who, like Anwar Sadat, allied himself with the enemy….
Article by Dr Kalim Siddiqui published in ‘The Muslim Statesman’, Durban, January 1980, reprinted in Issues in the Islamic movement, vol. 3, 1982-83 (1402-03), pp. 387-389. Revolution of revolutions! By Kalim Siddiqui In the land of the king of kings, the shahinshah, has occurred the Revolution of revolutions! Modern thought about revolutions is almost entirely…
The second (and as it turned out, last) Founders’ Bulletin announced the registration of the Muslim Institute Trust as a Charity. Dr Siddiqui’s article on this is telling as to his global outlook from the outset. Other articles provide information on the Institute’s early projects, including seminars in London, lectures overseas and plans for the…
In June 1975 and February 1976, Dr Kalim Siddiqui wrote and circulated two Founders’ Bulletins for the embryonic Muslim Institute. The first, reproduced below, consisted largely of an article called ‘A sense of history… a sense of destiny’ that summarises Dr Kalim’s thinking at the outset of the project. Click on the image below for…
The Draft Prospectus of the Muslim Institute was the founding document of the Muslim Institute, published in 1974. The Muslim Institute emerged from a series of discussions among a group of young Muslims in the UK…
