The Charlie Hebdo caricatures and the general attacks on the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Islam as “a religion of violence” are not new. They are a rehashing of centuries-old Christian Crusader and Oriental polemics based on both racism and anti-Islam propaganda. Faced with a failure to defeat the Muslim world in the Crusades, Europeans resorted...
The costs of war after 911 (there were plenty before). This is what collective punishment looks like. Is there anywhere in the history of man that European powers have inflicted such collective punishment on a people? Some might even call this a genocide. Instead of bringing the perpetrators to justice they targeted much of the...
Since the French State has now supported the decision by Charlie Hebdo to publish the hateful and demonising cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings on him, it has now become a state issue, and Muslim states and their leaders must respond. Muslim states must send a clear message to France that their history...
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...
