Politics
Know your council
Protest voting has its place, but political maturity is built through local engagement, accountability, and long-term community leadership.
Viva la revolucion? Insha’Allah.
The protests on the streets of Egypt have captivated many for the past few days. Before then it was the scenes that unfolded in Tunisia that captured our imaginations. Protest, rebellion and…
Palestine. And her dogs.
Earlier this week, the Guardian published the latest instalment of leaks, and not that the popular uprising in Tunisia wasn’t a surprise in itself, but the matter that is most sensitive to…
Ignited Egypt
Anyone who has visited Egypt will have come into contact with the overt Egyptian populace, they are renowned even in the Arab world for their strength of expression and manner of speech.…
Liberalism and Secularism: One and the Same
Back in June, I wrote three columns (“The Three Atheists,” “Atheism and Evidence” and “Is Religion Man-Made?“) about the recent vogue of atheist books, books that accuse religion of being empty of…
Know Your Rights: What to do when MI5 come knocking on your door
Since the start of the War on Terror, there has been consistent harassment of the Muslim community – and several non-Muslims too – by security agencies in the UK and abroad. There…
The Fires of the Past: Israel
There is a sardonic humour amidst the tragedy of the new Arab-Israeli conflict. Across all the programs reporting and commenting on the war, representatives from both sides scramble for the moral high…