As Pakistan turns 73, Jahangir Mohammed, Director of the Ayaan Institute, looks back at the country’s history of survival against the odds, war and nuclear power status. He argues that the road to the glorious Islamic homeland of its founding fathers will be a long and arduous one, but it is still possible. On August...
You would think Egypt would welcome Turkey’s efforts to bring peace to a neighbouring Muslim country. However, the Egyptian regime, as opposed to its people, represents the interests of the West, and Israel in the region, as well as Christian Zionists in the USA. A war between Egypt and Turkey would benefit Israel and countries...
I utterly detest what China is doing to Muslims under its control in East Turkestan and elsewhere. I despise its enforced Godless ideology. However, the current wave of Western and US sanctions with the demonisation of China, and concern for the Uighurs is not genuine. Unrivalled political European White Supremacy has been the world order...
The United States never tackled its white supremacy issues. Right wing white militias are allowed. White people marching in military uniforms/equipment is okay, the swastika is fine, shouting “Heil Hitler” is fine, shouting Nazi slogans such as “blood and soil” are fine. The Klu Klux Klan are not terrorists. The confederate flag and symbols are...
It’s interesting to see the ethnic / nationalistic war between Turks (Ottoman’s) and Arabs going on, over the Turkish drama Ertugrul. It reflects the Asabiya (nationalism) resentment that has existed ever since the Ottoman’s took the Caliphate from the Mamluks/Abbasid Caliphate. Also more importantly so, it’s an historical fallout during the rise of various forms...
Pakistani actor Shaan Shahid is both right and wrong. He is right that the Pakistan film industry should make its own historical dramas on Indian history such as that of the Mughal’s. It is an amazing history. In an era of the rise of Hindutva when there is an attempt to wipe out and rewrite...
When I first became aware of the Uighur oppression I never expected any Muslim leader to do anything about it. Regardless of which state you come from or have a loyalty to, one should never support an oppressor, by word even if you cannot do anything by actions. We should fulfill our duty to Allah...
Iran and its people are at one of the most critical junctures in their history since the revolution in 1979 overthrew the US’s most powerful puppet in the region. Its problems are many. Foreign involvement and over-reach in Iraq and Syria. The country has been under sanctions for nearly 40 years. Yet the current sanctions...
As long as the United States and the West are involved in the Middle East there can never be peace in the region. For the US and the West to leave the region, Muslims of all backgrounds need to have a united front, and solve our own problems including the problem of sectarianism. If this...
Imagine you are in charge of Afghanistan after 911. The US is angry, Bin Laden has given Bayah to you as your leader and is alleged to have been behind the attacks on 911 without your authorisation or knowledge. Your closest allies, Pakistan, ask you to hand him over to his country of origin or...
