Reflections on a Spring in Van
I am presently in the Turkish city of Vān. It is a Kurdish region, situated right next to the border of Iran. I have…
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Journey to Turkey (25)
(25) We set out for Istanbul at dawn, at a time when the night still clung to the edges of the sky like an old man holding onto his last memories. The city was waking…
Journey to Turkey
In the morning we convened a sitting to review and discuss the fatāwā. It became an assembly in which juristic reflection met scholarly dialogue,…
Turkey Journey: Economic and Legal Discussions
The first morning session convened at nine o’clock, during which papers were presented that addressed a range of economic and juridical issues imposed by…
Turkey Journey Conference Summary
I descended to the conference hall and found gathered there a select company of ‘ulamāʾ and researchers: at their head Shaykh Ṣuhayb Ḥasan, Shaykh…
Reflections on Timeliness in Travel and Publishing
On the night of 11 October 2026, I departed from London Heathrow for Bengaluru on an Air India flight. The scheduled time of departure…
From Oxford to Sheffield: A Day of Faith, Unity, and Intellectual Fellowship
Some journeys may appear short, yet they return carrying within them many memories, encounters, thoughts, and emotions. A person travels from one city to…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 8
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim I woke for the Fajr prayer at a quarter past four, and at that hour a strange feeling came over me, one in…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 7
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim We set out at eight o’clock, with the breaking of morning, towards Srebrenica. Two coaches carried us, cutting through the mountains of Bosnia…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 6
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim We took our breakfast at the hotel restaurant slowly and in peace. The sun had begun to spread its gentle rays over Mostar,…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 5
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim The Eid Prayer at Half Past Six Sheikh Abu Talib, who had come from America, led us in the Eid prayer at half…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 4
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim To Fast or Accept the Traveller’s Concession? We had breakfast peacefully at the hotel restaurant, taking our time, but there was still some…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 3
From the Morning Lesson to Jajce (This lesson, on the Qur'anic vision of Ibrahim ﷺ and the vow of the wife of Imran, is…
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