“There are a various dimensions of anti-Muslims prejudice in Britain, relaying especially on numerous statements and images that have been appeared in recent years in the media. Certain closed views of Islaam that generally support a ‘clash of civilisations’ perspective pitting ‘us/the West’ versus ‘them/Muslims’ are widespread in Britain” (Vetrovec, 2002).

A Palestinian Child Talks About His Imprisoned Father.

It was during the summer of 1985 when I discovered how difficult it was to translate words, whose simplicity I used to take for granted.

A few years ago, if you mentioned the word “da'wah”, the first image that would usually appear in our minds was that of an old man wearing traditional Islamic clothes, speaking standard, formal Arabic, and preaching his, sometimes, complex way into the minds and hearts of thousands of Muslims as well as non-Muslims. Language is indeed arbitrary, as the meaning of the word “da'wah” has changed in the minds of millions of Muslims worldwide, since more and more youth have become involved in the da'wah field.

Hicham Maged reports on how Islam is more than a religion but a way of life for millions of Muslims.