Politics
The cure for our current crisis
These nine principles and insights serve as timeless divine guidance on ethnonationalism and belonging.
Against the Odds: The Iraqi Spring
When Iraq was unlocked to the storming Mongolian armies in 1258, treacherously invited by Ibn al-‘Alqami who was a minister in the court of the Caliph, al-Musta’sim, the innumerable soldiers of Hulagu…
Algerian Airspace and the Hostage Crisis
More and more international powers forsake the impoverished nation of Mali and leave it to cripple under the non-discriminating weapons of mass destruction, amidst a campaign supported by the USA, Europe and…
Al Ahwaz: Iranian Ethnic Subjugation
More severe than a people’s shortcoming in supporting an oppressed nation, and more devastating to the livelihood of a just cause is its uprooting from the minds of men. The hopelessness in…
Who will stand with Britain’s Untouchables?
Once a man from Kufa came to Hudhaifah bin al-Yaman and asking him about his life as a companion of the Prophet Muhammad (s). Hudhaifah replied, ‘By Allah, we struggled hard.’ The…
Intervening in Syria – A Warning to Western Governments
For over forty years, the Syrian people have been subjected to repression and massacres on an industrial scale. It is within the last two years that the situation has nose-dived into one…
In defence of President Mursi
It has also reflected the primitive political culture of the so-called pro-democracy movements in the largest Arab country. This is really problematic because political maturity is essential for a successful democracy and…