Tag: TERRORISM
Awkward questions surrounding the ‘war on ISIS’
All praise be to Allāh and peace and blessings be upon His prophet, Muḥammad (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam). The position of mainstream Muslim scholars and intellectuals is under the spotlight and subject to scrutiny now more than ever in the wake of the anti-Islamic and heretic actions of ISIS.…
Refuting Tony Blair’s blueprint for World War III
Click here to read Part 2: Concealing the Machiavellian “Force and Fraud” Part 1: The “Original Neocon” The public refutations and exposés of neoconservatism during the 2003 Iraq war rightfully condemned the idea and its proponents surrounding George W. Bush, like Paul Wolfowitz, to the point that it became even…
Returning Jihadis aren’t so bad, I used to be one
Returning Jihādis from Syria now potentially face a new charge alongside being accused of terrorism: Treason! Let us leave aside how such an approach plays right into the hands of the ISIS narrative; such blanket treatment of suspects is…well it is just not British! Add to that the outrageous suggestions…
And then they came for our Parents
Fahad Ansari dissects the latest Prevent-led initiative which is being pushed through a well-known YouTuber. The video reduces legitimate grievances with Western foreign policy and foreign intervention to "hate" and condemns all forms of violence as unlawful without considering the legitimate right of resistance and self-defence when faced with violent…
The Muslims have come
An introduction to a series of articles inspired by ‘The Muslims are Coming’, Arun Kundnani The threat of terrorism is a largely imagined one. They would have you believe it is the single greatest threat to the existence of Western civilization. Politicians routinely talk up the threat by deceiving the…
Embarrassing truth of Tuesday’s “terror” arrests
On Tuesday 7th October, five young men, one of whom was named as 21 year old medical student Tarik Hassane, were arrested in police raids on their homes, on “suspicion of forming a terror cell in London”. Without verifying the information, a number of news outlets reported that these…
Moazzam Begg: An Ordinary Man?
All it takes for evil to prevail is for a few good men to do nothing. (Edmund Burke) Only a few years ago, a friend and I planned a long-weekend trip to Wales. We were going to take our sons on a ‘father and son’ trip out to the…
Is it a Crime to Care?
Criminalising care and controlling the masses by fear? A review on CAGE’s 2014’s annual lecture, “Is it a Crime to Care?” Powerful words written by Sa’adi Shirazi emboss the gates of the United Nations building entrance: “If you've no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain!”…
Moazzam Begg walks free, but what about us?
Moazzam, CAGE and the paralysing fear of association Allāh will certainly aid those who aid His (Cause). Lo! Allāh is Strong, Almighty . So fear them not, but fear Me, if you are true believers . Let me pose a question to you. How many Muslims are actively helping,…
Jordan delivers justice after Britain fails
Hidden away in some dusty corner in government vaults in London there must be a well-thumbed dossier containing secret evidence which kept a Palestinian caged in Britain without charge or trial for more than a decade. Described by successive home secretaries as the most dangerous man in Britain, it…
