To Arab leaders: Either stand with Gaza or be silent
As the international diplomatic community scrambles to find a "solution" to the current onslaught on Gaza, it is clear that the main purpose of...
Only a political solution for Yemen can stop regional war
Yemen must now be classified as a failed state: it has no government, no army, no president and no civic institutions. It is descending...
Riyadh’s Yemen adventure exposes wider neo-colonial agenda
As Saudi Arabia calls a partial halt to its Yemen bombing campaign journalist Faisal Bodi argues that its motives have little to do with...
Why we all should be concerned about the London school fasting bans
Political blogger Imran Shah says that Muslims who dismiss the importance of schools banning children from fasting are inadvertently accepting discrimination and Islamophobia.
Last week...
Muslims stranded between undefined British values and “quietly condoning terrorism”
Journalist Nishaat Ismail explains how the British Muslim community is increasingly coming under pressure to "condemn terrorism" since the Conservatives won the General Election...
Ruthlessly throttling dissent: Conflict simmering in Saudi Arabia
Veteran Arab journalist Abdel Bari Atwan says the recent arrest of prominent scholars in Saudi Arabia is further proof of the recklessness of the...
When does a British citizen become non-British?
To claim that second generation Britons are not British, but rather citizens of where their ancestors “came from”, is racism pure and simple, writes...
Is Tommy Robinson looking for government funding?
The biggest news of this week was Tommy Robinson leaving the English Defence League, with the media full of speculation as to his reasons and...
UK Syria police appeal: Fighting terrorism or manipulating maternal instinct?
The government this week asked Muslim women to turn in family members should they detect any behaviour that shows a willingness to travel to...
Egypt’s presidential race will be won by an iron fist
When I met Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on 4 June 2013 in the Presidential Palace in Cairo, he told me that the future success...
