Politics
UK enabling genocide in Gaza via empty words and bloody hands
Starving Gaza’s children is “unspeakable and indefensible” but so is Britain’s policy on Palestine.
“Happy Muslims” and the Muslim Minority Need for Political Maturity
Cross-posted from CoolnessofHind I did not wish to write about this for the last thing the Muslim minority needs is an object of discussion which creates a rift. I refused to comment…
Little Rula
Name: Rula Class: I didn’t finish my education School: Refugees in Jordan Only these three short lines were written on the tag of an oil painting notebook owned by a little Syrian girl,…
El-Sisi’s Mandate: Part One—Hell-bent Against Islām
It is ironic that when el-Sisi made a blunder in a speech saying “whoever does not please Allāh we will be with him, aiding and standing by him,” it turned out to…
The Freedom Flotilla’s turbulent course to justice
As a passenger of the Mavi Marmara, the Freedom Flotilla that set sail for Gaza in May 2010, I stand side-by-side with people of different nationalities, political leanings and faiths in believing…
529 Deaths in One Sentence. Welcome to al-Sisi Egypt
After months of detention without trial, Egypt’s coup-planted courts have sentenced to death 529 supporters of the first elected president in Egyptian history. The two day long trial for an alleged attack…
“When will it be right to be Muslim and gay?”
Background The above question has been the subject of a lingering controversy over the last few weeks, spawning heated, emotional reactions from all quarters. Two weeks ago, a mosque in Birmingham came…
