Tag: PROPAGANDA

Current Affairs Europe Featured Politics UK 11 Min Read

Does Islamophobia now sell better than sex?

Does Islamophobia now sell better than sex? To break up the festive cheer on Boxing Day the Times published a front page article under a bold title: “Muslims ‘silent on terror’”. It was repeated on their website with a standard picture of some Muslims wearing niqābs titled “Muslims ‘stay silent’

Current Affairs Europe Featured France Politics 10 Min Read

#ParisAttacks – A Letter To My Brothers & Sisters

My dear brothers and sisters, we live in trying times and are witnessing days of hardship as frequent as we see our families – May Allāh protect us! Āmīn. What follows are a few words of caution for you to consider. In Islam life is sacred and murder will always

America Current Affairs Europe Iraq Middle East Politics Syria UK US 12 Min Read

The Unquenchable Thirst For War

18 years ago today war-thirsty neocons tried ushering the globe into a new phase of endless destruction we are still experiencing today

Current Affairs Featured Middle East Palestine Politics 38 Min Read

Noam Chomsky on historical media silence on Israeli atrocities

What follows is an excerpt from Noam Chomsky's vast research shattering the myth of an independent media in 'developed' countries, Necessary Illusions: Though Control in Democratic Societies. He reveals in this section invaluable insights into what is currently happening in Palestine; the violently racist ideology of Zionism that had well

Current Affairs Featured General Opinion Propagation 6 Min Read

Are we blindly following the media?

In recent times our Muslim community has been quite vocal in criticising specific news broadcasters. This has been due to the dismal broadcasting of the situation in Gaza or due to Islamophobic articles appearing in right-wing newspapers. Based on these criticisms, one may assume that we, as a Muslim community,

Current Affairs Europe Featured Islamophobia Politics UK 15 Min Read

In response to last night’s shocking BBC Panorama

Last night my phone wouldn’t stop buzzing as I received message after message that apparently the BBC  were caught trying to subliminally smear a large segment of British Muslims. “Islam21c is on Panorama!” I already knew, but I was rewinding it again and again, making sure I was actually awake. I saw

Current Affairs General Propagation 13 Min Read

“Terrorists threaten to overthrow Pharaoh!”

Today's Pharaonic labelling system Mūsa (ʿalayhi al-Salām) returns to Egypt from Madyan. Informed by his lord that he has been chosen for a huge mission, Mūsa is set to confront the evil Pharaoh, the man who transgresses all boundaries set by Allāh. His task: to go with his brother Hārūn,

Current Affairs History 22 Min Read

Dracula: Hollywood’s desperate attack on Islām

The Real Untold Story of How the Muslims killed the Dracula   “He who controls the present controls the past.”  Many will be aware of the new Hollywood film which has been recently released entitled: ‘Dracula Untold’. It might not be well known that, supernatural powers aside, the tale of

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