Areeba Sherwani, a Research Associate at the Ayaan Institute, argues that the forthcoming federal elections in Germany on February 23rd may shape Europe’s future political direction. The German Fall: The Sick Man of Europe Returns “Die Axt im Haus erspart den Zimmermann.” – A German proverb A popular German proverb sums up Europe’s current predicament...
Jahangir Mohammed argues that Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses”, published in 1988, was the spark that lit the fire of Islamophobia in the UK, and uses AI to assess his argument. Salman Rushdie: The Author And Populariser of Contemporary Islamophobia. Today, Islamophobia, its form, propagation and proponents are widely understood by Muslims and many non-Muslims...
Donald Trump and the Rise of the Oligarchs Jahangir Mohammed argues that the US oligarchs have decided to run the US government themselves. The result will be state capture by Oligarchs and greater concentrations of wealth among the rich. Few of the US people’s problems will be solved, leaving future governments to disentangle the Oligarchs...
Events in the United States and Canada concerning Hindutva and BJP activity, highlight that domestic counter-terrorism agencies need to be concerned about the risks of the spread of this ideology and its impact on community cohesion. This assessment from New Zealand shows that the authorities there are taking the potential threat seriously and monitoring it. The...
The last twelve months have highlighted to a global audience that the Palestinian people are engaged in a physical struggle for the liberation of their lands and lives from military occupation by the self-proclaimed Jewish State of Israel. They are facing an existential threat to their lives and loss of homeland. However, there is another area...
In 2022 disorder broke out between Hindu and Muslim youths in Leicester that disturbed the widely held perception of good community relations in the city. Four years later attempts at investigations by the Council and the Government to establish what happened have not yet been published. Pressure from Hindutva lobbies has hampered the investigations to...
Savitri Devi The European Nazi Mother of Hindu Nationalism. Jahangir Mohammed of the Ayaan Institute traces the links between European fascism and Hindutva nationalism and argues that those whose ideas are rooted in constructing a society based on racial hierarchy and racial supremacy will always feel threatened by Islam and Muslims whose beliefs and values...
Areeba Sherwani argues that the loss of Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh will be a major blow to India’s geo-strategic rivalry with China. The political landscape of Bangladesh has been dramatically reshaped by recent events, culminating in the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the military takeover. Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh...
Areeba Sherwani a Research Associate at the Ayaan Institute highlights the everyday lived reality for Muslims in India; where lynchings to death, cow vigilantism, and bulldozing of homes are the norm. Fear and Faith: Cow Vigilantism and Muslim Lynchings in India On the eve of Eid-ul-Adha, the people of Aligarh woke up to see a...
Areeba Sherwani, a Research Associate at the Ayaan Institute argues that India’s election result is only a setback to the BJP project for India, not a defeat. After a decade of absolute domination, the authoritarian Modi government has fallen short of a majority in the Lok Sabha election. For the last 10 years a single...
