Syria

Refugees welcome here! The Guardian newspaper recently ran a story about the Reverend Sally Smith,[i] a vicar from Stoke-on-Trent, hailing her as a present-day Good Samaritan. The vicar is indeed worthy of such praise as she has wholeheartedly welcomed refugees ...

  Living in a ‘civilised’ world we have grown used to international laws that govern and ensure the ‘rule of law’ is upheld and maintained.  Human life is sacrosanct and human rights are paramount. The International Criminal Court was established in ...

The Turning Point of the Great Battle of Aleppo To Allāh belongs all praise. Though the size of Syria’s trauma leaves little for one to celebrate, Allāh imparts moments of victory, moments of joy, moments of relief to strengthen our ...

Under US-led aerial bombardment, Iraqi Government forces and pro-Iranian militia known as the ‘National Mobilisation Front’ continue their assault on Sunni neighbourhoods. Although disturbed and aggravated, many Muslims around the world are struggling to understand exactly what is happening. On ...

#AleppoIsBurning – A Genocide, a Watchful Lord and an Appointed Time Over 200 Syrian civilians were murdered in the span of 48 hours in the latest escalating onslaught on Aleppo. So it continues, bolstered in part by an active coalition ...

The Muhammad Emwazi I met in 2009 was indeed a polite and friendly young man as the author Robert Verkaik and many others attest to, but by the summer of 2014 he was executing innocent Muslims and non-Muslims in the ...

For as long as people have resided on Earth, migration has been a major driver for historical change.[i] Migration towards the ‘developed’ world was a growing trend in the 20th century,[ii] and many receiving communities became increasingly alarmed. Then came the wars in ...

The World’s Single Enemy in Syria It is fascinating what the passage of time reveals. How it irons out obscurity, how it highlights friend from foe and how it spills out true intents. How the civil movement in Syria, demanding ...

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Anyone with a passing acquaintance with neocon ideology is well aware of the formidable feats of moral gymnastics used to justify perpetual war and endless conflict abroad. Yesterday’s ten-hour-long “debate” in the House of Commons saw a barrage of rehearsed ...