A poetic A-Z review of 2014
Shabbir Hassan's alphabetic poem recounting major events from 2014.
2014 was the year in which…
Airlines took headlines in aviation mystery
Brazil hosted the World Cup as...
Denmark niqab ban: They want to eradicate every symbol of Islam from public life
5Pillars editor Roshan Muhammed Salih spoke to niqab-wearing Danish Muslim student Sabina. She told him that the niqab ban in Denmark is the result...
Every step says ‘never again’: Srebrenica’s annual journey of remembrance
More than three decades after the Srebrenica genocide, families are still laying victims to rest. As thousands completed the annual Peace March, survivors and...
Ariel Sharon: Hammer of the Arabs
The former Israeli military commander and prime minister Ariel Sharon died today after spending the last eight years in a coma. Loved by Israelis...
Yemen’s Houthis and their rise to power
Journalist Yousef Mawry reports from Sana’a on the rise of the Houthis, and the real possibility that Yemen may become a new Iraq or Syria.
The...
Syria Series – Part 1: Stalemate
In this six-part series, Adnan Khan of Revolution Observer analyses the key developments as the Syrian uprising reaches its third year. The series will...
Review of the Year June 2014: Trojan Hoax and ISIS declaration of Khilafah
On June 10 education watchdog Ofsted published a string of reports triggered by the so-called "Trojan Horse" letter alleging that there had been an...
Top 10 British Muslim stories of 2017
Reviewing all the major headlines from 2017, Roshan Muhammed Salih concludes that it has been another challenging year for Muslims in the UK.
Targeting of Muslims...
The Prevent strategy: From violent international terrorism to local religious conservatism
Journalist Nargess Moballeghi has written a series of in-depth articles about how the government's Prevent counter extremism strategy targets Muslims. In this first piece,...
EXCLUSIVE: 10 home truths from ISIS controlled Al Hawija
In this exclusive feature for 5Pillarz, Abu Hind Mohanned Al-Obaydi explains some realities on the ground that were conveyed to him by a relative...
