Politics

Know your council

Mawlana Tahir Talati

Protest voting has its place, but political maturity is built through local engagement, accountability, and long-term community leadership.

A Society Divided

Syed Haider 24 Min Read

A short intro Late in the sixties, Jane Elliot, a primary school teacher in America, conducted an experiment with her third grade class. She told an all white group that blue-eyed people

Reasoning with the Unreasonable

Editor 20 Min Read

In the current hysteria that has become the debate around Islamic law, immigration, anti-Semitism, the veil and foreign policy, there has come a sense of irrationality that has been exuded by Britons

The Politics of Naming: Genocide, Civil War, Insurgency

Mahmood Mamdani 40 Min Read

  The similarities between Iraq and Darfur are remarkable. The estimate of the number of civilians killed over the past three years is roughly similar. The killers are mostly paramilitaries, closely linked

A Fatwa concerning the Cordoba Gold Card

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad 9 Min Read

All praise and recognition is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds; and His peace and blessings be upon our Prophet, Muhammad, his family, and all his Companions. I have been

Debating the Burqa

Editor 12 Min Read

The Burqa The burqa, a form of Muslim dress covering women from head to toe, including their faces, is oppressive, says the president of France. He wants it banned. “The burqa is

The Politics of a Psychosis

Syed Haider 39 Min Read

The idea that I am possessed with is that of restoring a political existence to my people, making them a nation again, giving them a national centre, such as the English have,