Why the UN found Myanmar’s military committed genocide against the Rohingya
Anthony Ware, a senior lecturer at Deakin University in Australia, discusses the implications of the recent United Nations report which accused the Myanmar authorities...
Does the reappearance of the ISIS leader signal the start of a new strategy?
Veteran Arab journalist Abdel Bari Atwan argues that the recent reappearance of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi may signal more terrorist attacks against...
Hijab Ban: The European Union takes the veil off secularism
The increasing number of cases where the European Courts and state institutions have granted employers the right to ban the hijab in the workplace...
Qatar throws Erdogan a lifeline
Veteran journalist Abdel Bari Atwan says Qatar has risked angering its ally the United States, as well as its neighbours in the Gulf, by...
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...
