Malaysia at 69: A Muslim success story?
Sixty-nine years after gaining independence from Britain, Malaysia has become one of the Muslim world's most prosperous and stable nations. But how should its...
Sacha Baron Cohen has spent decades mocking Muslims. Isn’t it time we asked why?
As Sacha Baron Cohen faces growing outrage over his new Ali G film, it is worth asking whether this under-fire pro-Israel British comedian has...
Ratko Mladić is dead, but the ideology that slaughtered Bosnian Muslims is alive and well in Europe
The Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić may be dead, but the hatred that fuelled the Bosnian genocide is thriving in a Europe increasingly comfortable...
Al-Aqsa burned 57 years ago today but the threat is far from gone
It's now 57 years since an arson attack devastated Al-Aqsa Mosque. On this date, 5Pillars' Robert Carter expresses fresh fears for Islam's third holiest...
Pakistan is at a crisis point – and the Imran Khan hospital farce shows why
The Pakistani authorities’ apparent defiance of a Supreme Court order over Imran Khan’s medical treatment is about far more than the fate of one...
In search of the fez — and Türkiye’s lost Ottoman identity
A century after Atatürk's Hat Law helped consign the fez to history, Muhammad Siddeeq went searching for one in Istanbul — and found himself...
Five years on, Afghanistan is more Islamic, at peace and free from foreign occupation
Roshan Muhammed Salih argues that five years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan is more Islamic, largely at peace and free from foreign...
Pakistan Independence Day: Secular nationalism remains the main obstacle to Islamic unity
Blogger Najm Al-Din says that Pakistan was supposed to secure the future of the subcontinent’s Muslims. Instead, it helped institutionalise a nationalist order that...
Why the Islamophobic comedian John Cleese should be de-platformed
Roshan Muhammed Salih argues that the famous comedian John Cleese should be de-platformed by respectable institutions because he has crossed the line from criticising...
A Muslim NATO? Moves to unity are welcome, but let’s be realistic
Muslim activist Abdul Wahid argues that the recent security agreement signed in Makkah between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan has too many questions to...
