Who is Syria’s Abu Mohammad al Jolani?
Ahmad Al-Shara’a, widely known as Abu Mohammad al Jolani, is the man spearheading rebel efforts to topple Bashar Al Assad in Syria. But who is...
VIDEO: Al-Julani speaks to 5Pillars about Israel, foreign fighters and the new Syria
Deputy editor of 5Pillars, Dilly Hussain, reports what Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Muhammad al-Julani) told him and other western journalists at a closed door press...
Who are the Alawites of Syria?
Recent days have seen sectarian tensions in Syria between the majority Sunni community and Alawites, the non-Muslim sect that ruled Syria for the past 54...
Pakistani government plays games with plight of the missing
Muhammad Siddeeq argues that the Pakistani authorities have no serious intention of dealing with one of the country's dirtiest secrets - the plight of thousands of people...
24 Hour Road Trip Through Free Syria [Short Film]
Deputy editor of 5Pillars, Dilly Hussain, documents his Syria road trip from the capital city Damascus to Homs to Hama to Aleppo to Azaz...
After fall of Assad, Hama massacre survivors break decades of silence
Forty-three years ago, Syria’s former Baath regime carried out one of the country’s deadliest atrocities — the 1982 Hama Massacre — killing tens of thousands...
Great disasters in Islamic history: The abolition of the Khilafah
Today, March 3, 2025, marks the 101st anniversary of the fall of the Khilafah, when the Ottoman Caliphate was officially abolished by the Grand...
Eyal Zamir – the Arabic-speaking war criminal appointed as Israel’s new Army Chief
Muhammad Siddeeq profiles Eyal Zamir, the new Arabic-speaking Israeli Army Chief accused of widespread crimes during his long career in the IDF.
Last week General...
Britain has a Nigel Farage problem
Jahangir Mohammed of the Ayaan Institute argues that one man’s toxic politics continues to shape the national political conversation and that Muslims, anyone committed to...
Naveed Butt and the never ending plight of Pakistan’s disappeared
Thirteen years after her husband’s forced abduction at the hands of Pakistan's security forces, the wife of Engineer Naveed Butt tells 5Pillars his harrowing...
