Charlie Hebdo: Beyond Secular Ideology
The Charlie Hebdo incident and the subsequent discussion around terrorism has to be understood from the perspective of those who are spearheading it, writes Ali...
Let’s hope communities unite after Sri Lanka’s shock presidential elections
The 8th January 2015 presidential elections in Sri Lanka were always going to be one of the most decisive in Sri Lanka’s history, writes...
Charlie Hebdo: #JeSuisCharlie ou Non?
Sadia Habib shares her thoughts on the Charlie Hebdo killings, and the ongoing debate on freedom of speech and the right to offend.
Following the...
Yasir Qadhi: We have lost the core essentials of Islam
In a Facebook post American Muslim scholar Yasir Qadhi laments the current condition of the Muslims.
It is truly sad, our state of affairs. To...
The Counter-Terror and Security bill, Prevent and the neo-Stasi state
The British government's Prevent strategy, and Theresa May's proposed Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill have distinct similarities to Nazi Germany, writes Abdullah Noorrudeen.
Quite a furore...
Charlie Hebdo shooting – Time to draw red lines on freedom of speech
When certain boundaries are crossed, it is too late to shout “freedom of speech” as a justifiable defence, writes Bilal Abdul Kareem.
The office of...
How can we believe John Cantlie’s Mosul report when he’s an ISIS prisoner?
No one in their right state of mind can believe ISIS's latest propaganda video from Mosul reported by British journalist John Cantlie, writes Bilal...
Vengeful ex-wives are abusing children by denying them access to their fathers
Yusuf Muhammad argues that the British family courts are letting vengeful ex-wives and partners get away with child abuse by denying children access to their...
Dr Yasir Qadhi on the earliest references of the mawlid in Sunni lands
Today is the 12th of Rabi al-Awwal, the date which many believe the Prophet Muhammad (saw) was born. In this final article of a...
US Middle East policy heralds a catastrophic 2015
2015 may prove a nightmare for American strategy in the Middle East in particular, but also in other regions of the world, including the...