French democracy was literally born out of head-chopping and terrorism
Moazzam Begg says until France is prosecuted for its past crimes against humanity and for its current discrimination against Muslims, it should be regarded as...
VIDEO: Black Muslim Renaissance – The Black Muslim Festival 2020
The 'Black Muslim Renaissance' festival has launched this month, corresponding with Black History Month.
This online family event will run throughout most of October celebrating...
Sabra and Shatila: Israel’s forgotten genocide
Between September 16-18, 1982, Israel was responsible for one of the bloodiest and infamous massacres of unarmed Palestinians in refugee camps in Lebanon, writes journalist Robert Carter.
Estimates...
Sheikh Omar al-Mukhtar: We won’t surrender, we will win or we will die
On September 16, 1931, the Italian occupation authorities in Libya executed one of the greatest Muslim resistance fighters of the 20th century - the Lion...
Malak Shalabi: I was the victim of security service entrapment against Muslims
Seattle-based law student Malak Shalabi details what she calls her traumatising experience in 2018 with a spy, U.S government surveillance and attempted entrapment.
In 2018...
Pakistan at 73: Where next for the Muslim world’s only nuclear power?
As Pakistan turns 73, Jahangir Mohammed, of the Centre for Muslim Affairs, looks back at the country's history of survival against the odds, war...
EXCLUSIVE: Caliph Abdulhamid’s great-grandson on Hagia Sophia and Islamic revival
In this exclusive interview with the great-grandson of Caliph Abdülhamid II, deputy editor of 5Pillars Dilly Hussain discusses the restoration of Hagia Sophia Mosque and...
The restoration of Hagia Sophia Mosque: Symbolism, hope and Islamic revival
Deputy editor of 5Pillars, Dilly Hussain, speaks with Dr Yakoob Ahmed - a Ottoman historian at Istanbul University - about the restoration of Hagia...
Crusader carnage and the fall of Jerusalem
The bloody fall of Jerusalem to the Christian Crusaders on July 15, 1099 was one of the darkest days in Islamic history.
The culmination of the...
DEBATE: Dilly Hussain vs Roshan Salih on Hagia Sophia restored as mosque
5Pillars editors Roshan Muhammed Salih and Dilly Hussain debate whether the restoration of Hagia Sophia as a mosque is Islamically justified.
POSITIONS:
Editor-in-chief Roshan is of...
