Tag: COLONIALISM

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Undressing the French state’s abaya ban

Following the recent abaya ban, a French legal expert unravels patterns of state-imposed dress codes that draw on the country's colonial legacy in Algeria.

China Is Selling “Halal Organs” Taken from Uyghurs

Shocking reports from NGOs claim that wealthy Arabs are purchasing "Halal" organs stolen from Uyghur Muslims in concentration camps

Why Modern Atheists Are Mushriks

After coining "Farangism Studies" to unmask western modernity in his first article, Mirza Safwat is back with a closer look at the polytheistic, pagan roots of popular western atheism.

Unmasking Western Modernity: Farangism Studies

“It isn’t atheism per se that the apostate Muslim is embracing,” writes sociologist Mirza Safwat. “It isn’t an intellectual matter but a civilizational one; it needs to be understood not philosophically but sociologically…”

Anatomy of a House Muslim

57 years ago today, Malcolm X delivered a historic speech that would introduce a valuable reality to our collective vocabulary...

Decades On: the Shameful Legacy of the Nakba Continues

The world's last remaining racist European colony in the Middle East turns 74 years old.

Kanye West should learn about the Islamic uprisings of African slaves

Kanye West stooped to new lows when he suggested that 400 years of slavery was a “choice”

Bashar al-Assad returns France’s highest honour, the Grand-Croix

Bashar al-Assad has returned France's highest possible honour, the grand-croix. Presumably he is unworthy of the great distinction shared by the likes of Gaddafi, Mussolini and Franco.

100 Years of Balfour: Between One Promise & Another

The Balfour Centenary can be good news for Palestine, argues Ahmed Hammuda...

Preventing Terrorism Requires Radical Change

Dilly Hussain offers a radical plan for reducing the "Islamist terror threat" to the West. But is it too big a cost for the ruling classes?