Tag: OCCUPATION

Asia Featured India Opinion Pakistan Politics 6 Min Read

“Panic” Created in Kashmir by Indian State

Tourists told to leave. Extra troops deployed. People stockpiling essentials. Petrol pumps and ATMs run dry. Two Kashmiris write about panic in Kashmir right now.

Current Affairs Featured Middle East Palestine Politics 7 Min Read

Victory for Palestinians as prayers held at the al-Rahma gate for the first time in 16 years

The reopening of the gate signals a victory for the Palestinian people and a defeat for the occupation in its attempt at ethnically cleansing the holy site.

News News Syria 3 Min Read

Death to returning Syrians says Assad’s General

During an interview with Syrian News Channel known as Alikhbaria Syria, Issam Zahruddin a top Syrian commander made some shocking remarks. Zahruddin is a Major General of the elite Presidential Republican Guard of Bashar Al-Assad in the city of Deir al-Zour. The interview which took place on state television –

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10 reasons electronic gates around Al-Aqsa are utterly rejected

Israeli Occupational Forces have restricted access to Masjid al-Aqsa, except through unprecedented, electronic security gates. Should Palestinians just 'comply' and surrender to the new status quo?

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Jumu’ah Cancelled at Masjid al-Aqsa

Jumuʿah (Friday) prayers have been cancelled at al-Aqsa for the first time in 17 years after shootings...

Education Featured History Nakba Palestine Poetry Politics 22 Min Read

The Pain of Invasion, Relief and the Way to Victory

Marking its 68th anniversary, very few remain to tell their story of the Nakbah, or the Palestinian Catastrophe, of 1948. One that culminated in the violent extermination and mass expulsion of millions of Palestinians from their homes to be replaced by a migrant people, prompted by a political movement, branded

Current Affairs Featured History Propagation 29 Min Read

Why would Muslims hate ‘the West’? A history of ‘Islamic Extremism’

I was recently invited to present at an international conference titled: “How to understand and Co-exist with Radical Islām.” After reading the concept paper, it was clear from the very first paragraph that the issue at hand was with “Islamic terrorism” and that, according to the writer of the concept

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