Syria
Will Syria only be free when it can intoxicate?
According to BBC News, it's great that Syria is now free, but most vital is whether the new government will allow people to drink.
Chemical Attack in Syria: what “red line”?
The footage was extremely difficult to watch; images of men, women and small children writhing in agony, gasping for air and in the last throes of their lives. They were deprived of…
Shocking report exposes secret “Human Slaughterhouse”
Today Amnesty International has published a harrowing 48-page report, exposing the “cold-blooded killing of thousands of defenceless prisoners” secretly and systematically in just one particular Syrian government jail called Saydnaya. An estimated…
Virtual Reality Refugees
Meet the man bringing the issue of immigration detention centres in the UK to the world’s attention through virtual reality film. On a microscopic level, I introduce Darren Emerson, the innovative Director,…
The “Betrayal” of Turkey
Has Turkey betrayed Syria? The fall of the ‘revolutionary heartland’, the City of Aleppo, spurred arguably more attention than nearly six years of the Syrian crisis. People took to social media, engaged…
#AleppoIsDying – “What Use is Protesting?”
I have seen many comments and messages from people questioning the point of petitions, demonstrations, lobbying campaigns and even prayer to try and stop the ongoing genocide in Aleppo. People are frustrated…
Calamities are the time for Qunūt
During atrocities and calamities, we need to engage in Qunūt (collectively supplicating to Allah subḥānahu wa ta'āla).