Death notices in Syria
Tamim Mobayed discusses the recent issuing of death notices by the Bashar Al-Assad regime of those who have died in custody.
Thousands of Syrian families...
Pakistani elections are flawed, but poor rural voters are taking control
Academic Shandana Khan Mohmand argues that the recent Pakistani elections, which Imran Khan's party won, were a big step forward for the country's majority...
The Hajj: How globalisation transformed the market for pilgrimage to Mecca
Professor Sean McLoughlin of the University of Leeds discusses the implications of the unprecedented rise of the Hajj industry.
More than two million Muslims are currently...
The British state is using gendered racism as a weapon against Muslim women
Smina Akhtar is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology, at University of Glasgow.
As Boris Johnson faces accusations of pandering to the far-right...
Mission Accomplished: Why solidarity boats to Gaza succeed despite failing to break the siege
Palestinian-American journalist Ramzy Baroud explains why the Gaza Freedom Flotilla boats have succeeded in their mission, despite failing to break the Israeli-imposed siege of...
Targeting civilians has become deliberate policy of Saudi-led coalition in Yemen
Veteran Arab journalist Abdel Bari Atwan argues that we must conclude that the Saudi-led coalition is deliberately targeting civilians after at least 29 children were...
Why arguments of “New Atheists” are as violent as those they denounce
Nick Megoran of Newcastle University argues that the arguments of "New Atheists" such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris are as violent as those...
Islamophobia in the mainstream media and cognitive biases
Tamim Mobayed looks into the epidemic levels of Islamophobia within the British media and how it is intrinsically linked to cognitive biases.
While any casual...
Success of French football team masks underlying tensions over race and class
Joseph Downing, of Aix-Marseille Université, argues that despite the make-up of France's multi-ethnic and multi-religious World Cup-winning football team, racial discrimination still blights France.
The French football team has won...
Challenging the Zionist false narrative
The chairman of the Islamic Human Rights commission, Massoud Shadjareh, explains how the Zionist lobby in the UK is trying to intimidate pro-Palestine activists.
To those acquainted...