The United States is in crisis and its deep divisions mean it will continue to be for decades to come. As one power falls it presents the opportunity for others to rise.
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The Tragedy of World War l
The tragedy of World War l was that Muslims were dying for Europeans in their wars on all sides. Muslims dying for the British, Muslims dying for the French, Muslims dying for the Russians and Ottomans dying for the Germans who they had unnecessarily allied with. All the Muslims were just pawns in a war...
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Are We Witnessing the End of The American Empire?
Historians will look back to the 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections as pivotal moments in American history. If World War l is viewed as the moment that the US became a world superpower (circa 1916), then 2020 may define the beginning of the end of the American Empire and its ‘White supremacist’ power structure....
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France is a republic born out of terrorism
Jahangir Mohammed, Director of the Ayaan Institute, says France should know all about terrorism because they practically invented it. I enjoy reading French political history and there is a great deal to learn from it. Recently, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that “Islam is in crisis” because of increasing political violence taking place in the...
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The Inquisition against Islam
President Marcon has proposed more laws aimed at taking control of Islam in France. These are double-standards for a country that prides itself on separation between Church and State, as the French state is now taking control of Islam.
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The Inquisition against Islam continues
President Marcon has proposed more laws aimed at taking control of Islam in France. These are double-standards for a country that prides itself on separation between Church and State, as the French state is now taking control of Islam. France is the latest EU country to introduce such laws. Germany has already introduced such restrictions...
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Charlie Hebdo
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...
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The costs of war after 911
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...
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Charlie Hebdo and Freedom of Speech
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...
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Pakistan at 73: Where next for the Muslim world’s only nuclear power?
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...