“Aiding the Ummah: Analysing the Muslim Humanitarian Charity Sector in the UK” highlights how seriously the Muslim community takes the payment and distribution of religious dues, Zakat and Sadaqah, to the poor and needy.
Category: Research
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Ummah at the Margins: The past, present and future of Muslim minorities
This report argues that Muslim minorities have strong soft power potential to revitalise Islamic civilization as globally connected to all multipolar powers in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, provided that ummah solidarity is nurtured in ethical terms rather than neutered in service to religious nationalisms.
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Pakistan’s Political & Economic Crisis Report
The recent political upheaval in Pakistan has brought many political and economic questions to the fore. Much of this debate is simply partisan politics and is not based on economic data or an understanding of it. “Pakistan’s Political and Economic Crisis” provides some key data and highlights some issues which we believe to be relevant to current discussions on Pakistan’s future direction; to see a Muslim world, free of conflict and capable of resolving its own issues.
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Creating a New Civilisation of Islam
The Muslim world appears to be in crisis. Divided into 53 Muslim majority nation-states, seemingly powerless, economically under-developed, dependent on the West, Russia, or China, in conflict and facing oppression. How did Muslims and their countries arrive at this situation and how can they change it? These are the central questions raised in the Ayaan Institute’s flagship founding discussion paper “Creating a New Civilisation of Islam”.