My heart bleeds when I see the pain our Ummah goes through - how can our people go through so much suffering, and for so long?

Everyday I thank Allah for waking me up to the truth - to be a Muslim who is active, who doesn't take his faith for granted, and who cares for the Ummah.

And everyday I thank Allah for making me a part of MPACUK - never before have I been around Muslims who care so much the Ummah that it reduces them to tears.

But it's not easy being awake - being aware of the suffering around us. You have to stand up to the evils you see inside of yourself and to all those evils around you that you see in your daily life.

Not only that, you often have to take the slings and arrows of the very people you try to defend.

Some Muslims really hate MPACUK for doing what we do. They see us as the ones who spread the problems. They think we are the troublemakers and they think that by getting rid of us at least the problems they all face will be easier to tackle.

We’ve received threats, been slammed by our critics: Muslims, non-Muslims, heck, sometimes even our own families.

But you know what? We don’t care.

Don’t get me wrong – we need constructive critics, we believe in accountability. But what we will never do is let critics stop us from persevering with our work, always striving to do better.

Some people say we shouldn’t get mixed up in politics and media – we should keep our heads down and let the storm blow over.

Some people say that Muslims are nothing, and that we have an extremism problem.

Some people say the Ummah's freedom is not worth fighting for and that we shouldn't bother reviving our Mosques and ISocs to lead this fight.

Some people say...

But it makes no difference – we’ll keep going because we do this only for Allah.

We’re going to defend our fellow Muslims whether they want to be defended or not. We’re going to give everything even though we have almost nothing. And we’ll keep going 'til we can no more.

We have nothing to gain from this – we don’t get paid, we barely have enough funding for the work we are doing and we don’t end up with that many friends at the end of it all.

So, whether you hate us, demonise us, can’t stand the sight of us or just don't give a damn, know one thing - we’re going to be here to fight for Allah’s Cause, and we're going to keep fighting till our Ummah is finally free.

We’re going to get the job done even if we’re hated.

We’re going to free our Ummah and protect it from annihilation even if it means we get annihilated in the process. We much prefer our own necks be broken than those of the Ummah.

If you care about the Ummah, and are prepared to do what's necessary to free our people from demonisation and oppression then please come to a MPACUK Study Circle to find out how we can work together to free our Ummah. Contact us at info@mpacuk.org to find out more.