Tag Archives: TURKEY

"Your provocation only wakes us up even more. It does more for us than thousands of lectures by Islamic preachers."

Exposing hypocrisy or a fallacious question?

Does the formal normalisation of relations between Israel and the UAE signal a new normal?

Ahmed Hammuda recounts one of the bloodiest massacres of unarmed protesters in recent world history, whose perpetrators are still at large...

When world news overflows with negativity around Islam and Muslims, it is even more important to pause and embrace the moments of celebration.

"This prayer was not only a ritual act of worship but a bold statement to the world of the resurgence of Turkey’s Islamic heritage."

On the grand reopening of Masjid Aya Sophia, Ottoman historian Dr Yakoob Ahmed discusses the history and broader Eurocentric discourses surrounding the Hagia Sophia, Islamic history and conquest.

Inconvenient facts for those manufacturing the Turk vs Kurd or Arab vs Kurd false binaries

As the world turns its fire on Turkey, it is told you were damned for backing Syria's revolutionaries, damned for fighting terror, damned for embracing four million refugees and damned for seeking to repatriate them.

“We are witness to the ‘largest industrial scale persecution of a religious minority since the Holocaust’ and we find Muslim leaders, at best, staying silent, and at worst, speaking in support of such persecution!”