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...
Jahangir Mohammed offers reasons why Muslims and non-Muslims needed an independent and alternative party movement at this UK general election. General Elections: Independents And Alternative Party Movement – Is it Needed? The Ayaan Institute’s vision for Muslim minorities in the UK is that of an independently organised community, generating political power outside of mainstream political...
Jahangir Mohammed argues that Indian secularism and democracy have turned its Muslim minority into a persecuted underclass living in abject poverty. India’s 200 million Muslims are its Hidden Underclass. In 2023, India became the fifth leading economy in the world, overtaking Britain and France. It is a country with a huge population of 1.4 billion...
Jahangir Mohammed argues that India’s election results will mark the demise of its secular democracy and the Congress Party and a further move toward a Hindu Supremacist State. India’s Elections: The End of Secular Democracy and Rise of Hindu Supremacy. India is amid its most historic moment since independence from Britain. The largest democracy in...
A Interview with Dr Fahid Qurashi on the student encampments across the world calling for the end to the genocide in Gaza, Palestine. This interview was conducted by The International Quran News Agency and was first posted on their website: https://iqna.ir/en How do you evaluate the significance of campus protests in the US and elsewhere...
International Issues are Not Separate from Local Issues in Elections Jahangir Mohammed of the Ayaan Institute argues that political failure and poverty at home, cannot be separated from wars overseas. The UK needs to become independent of the influence of foreign states like the US and Israel. International Issues Matter, and Impact All British People...
Jahangir Mohammed of the Ayaan Institute argues that it is the Establishment Old Boys Network that runs Britain, not Muslims, and it has failed to adapt to a changed Britain. He argues this privileged elite is responsible for generating anti-Muslim hate in this country, diverting from its failures to govern, and is suppressing public dissent....
Jahangir Mohamed argues that Pakistan’s election is a selection process organised by the military for the next government and Prime Minister. The staged and rigged election masks an underlying struggle between the power of the people and Imran Khan on one side and the military and the power of the gun on the other side....
