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If the justifications for recent military action against Muslim countries seem weak to non-Muslims, what do the people encouraging Muslims to join the military imagine they look like to us? The devastating effect that taking part might have on us is not completely unpredictable. Abdullah Thomson investigates Moral Injury in the new norm of pre-emptive war.
The United States has fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase controlled by the Assad Regime. This is the first direct military…
Reality shows are supposed to convey a sense of reality using “real-life” people. The “reality” is, however,[1] that the shows are as real as the statements coming forth from…
Donald Trump has moved seamlessly from President-elect to President. In fact, so seamless has been the transition that he seems…
It is heartening to see some American people standing with Muslims and against Donald Trump and his policies. Hopefully something…
Renewed tension with Russia amid new Cold War fears means new realities for the Muslim World In the early 1980s…
On the 8th November 2016, many Americans went to the polling stations to select the next President of the United…
The story of the Iraq War did not start in 2003. Indeed, it started many years before with the sanctions placed upon Iraq during the 1st Gulf War.
Globalising ‘Countering Violent Extremism’ – The New Imperialism? “We could favour the birth of a new Islam, more inclined towards…
The World’s Single Enemy in Syria It is fascinating what the passage of time reveals. How it irons out obscurity,…