Islamic Revival

The following are links to download recent translations into Tamil: The Turbulance of the Stock Markets: Their Causes & The Shari'ah rule pertaining to these causes by Hizb ut-Tahrir Capitalism in crisis - Translation of transcript of a talk highlighting the key reasons for the current global economic crisis. Global economic crisis & the Islamic alternative - Translation of transcript of a talk outlining the Islamic alternative to the global economic crisis. Note: Tamil fonts are needed to view the files, if needed they can be downloaded from: http://www.esnips.com/doc/e3f5a9e9-63b6-46c2-8ba4-83118da52982/Tamil-Fonts

Throughout the Muslim world, there is a reawakening of political thought based upon Islam. Many Muslims having realised that Islam is not just about rituals and religious rites are increasingly following events and occurrences and trying to view issues from the Islamic perspective. The thinking of years gone by, where Muslims would view the politics and occurrences in the world – from the angle of Western capitalism are fast fading. The battle for Muslim hearts and minds that some Western politicians talk about is about reversing the increasing trend for Muslims to view issues on the basis of Islam. The desire of the west is that Muslims form their thinking on the false and rotten basis that the West would like Muslims to embrace. In order to further refine this reawakening of Islamic political thought – Muslims today need to have a more precise understanding of politics and Islam. Muslims must understand that Islam provides a special angle for them when viewing events in the world and

I'm in the midst of my routine visit to my parents home these Christmas hols. It really has become routine, as as the Christmas holidays have dawned over the last few years, we have packed up our belongings, our woolly scarfs and several warm jumpers, jumped into our car ready for our relaxing break in the Welsh plains. The period of time here has come to characterise excesses of wonderful food, all the Christmas television and most of all rich amounts of family time as everyone is home, cuddled around the coffee table and blazing heaters. The ritual sale shopping where I try to buy all the things I need for the coming year, along with the wonderful time I spend with my family, who appreciate it to the nth degree, always brings with it a urging question for me on what life really is about. Without getting to mushily philosophical, every year I get a window into the world which could possibly be if I didn't have the central hearth of Islam in my life. Alhumdulilah I can put my h