“Without a policy to defeat IS in Syria any approach in Iraq is doomed to failure.” Julien Barnes-Dacey of the European council on Foreign Relations. So, should we assume that a vibrant course of action will now be taken? President ...
Read More »Forming the Single-Gender Society
Related Articles Scrutinise the Gay Marriage Bill Proposed Gay Marriage Bill & Muslim Silence Have Muslim MP’s Denounced Islam by Voting for Gay Marriage Bill? How the West was won: An analysis of the Gay Rights Movement Part 1 How ...
Read More »Freedom of Speech – Double Standards?
Embassies are razed, diplomats are lynched, protesters have marched with unbridled aggression from east to west. The Islamic world and the West once again finds itself at loggerheads arising from two conflicting principles, the right of ‘freedom of speech’ against ...
Read More »That the Country is not the Foundation of the Ummah
Now Brotherhood has been cut to shreds That in the stead of Community The country has been given pride of place In men’s allegiance and constructive work; The Country is the darling of their hearts, And wide Humanity is whittled ...
Read More »Decolonising the Mind
‘My dear doctor,’ said Flory, ‘how can you make out that we are in this country for any purpose except to steal? It is so simple…the British Empire is a device for giving trade monopolies to the English…’ ‘My friend, ...
Read More »Will the Real Evil Empire Please Step Forward?
It has changed lives, uplifted individuals, touched just about every person in the western world in just a few short decades. Some may say that it is best known for its more controversial aspects: the ubiquitous black clad figure, its ...
Read More »Thoughts on Religion and Politics
Continuing from an article I wrote on the freedom of speech, it may be asked as to whether there is a link between religion and politics; the answer simply being yes. All too often the word ‘politics’ is a misused ...
Read More »Liberalism and Secularism: One and the Same
Back in June, I wrote three columns (“The Three Atheists,” “Atheism and Evidence” and “Is Religion Man-Made?“) about the recent vogue of atheist books, books that accuse religion of being empty of genuine substance, full of malevolent and destructive passion, ...
Read More »The Hypocrites of our Community
Islamic history records numerous examples of hypocrites whose main aim has been to destroy Islam from within, making them more dangerous than the disbelievers who overtly wage war against Islam. The harm caused makes them deserving of the worst type ...
Read More »The West: Its own Greatest Fear
“And when it is said to them, ‘Make not mischief on the earth,’ they say, ‘We are only ones who put things right.’ Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realize it not.” (Al-Quran 2:11-12) ...
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