The ideology threatening Britain is neo-conservatism
Neo-conservatism is the ideology that threatens Britain, not Islamism, writes blogger Abdullah Noorrudeen.
In writing about the Rotherham sex scandal in a previous article, it...
Saudi-Iran rivalry at heart of Middle East chaos
The rising tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran is a major cause of the problems plaguing the Middle East, writes Abdel Bari Atwan.
The two...
IHRC: Open letter to British Muslims about ISIS
In an open letter to British Muslims, the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) says we need to have an internal conversation about the ideology...
The need for grassroots Muslim activism
Waris Ali, who was cleared of terror charges in a high-profile trial in 2008, reflects on his experiences conducting grassroots activism with the Save...
Don’t be fooled by PM’s Ramadan message
When Abdul Maalik arrived at his local mosque in Manchester for Tarawih prayers on Saturday night, he was shocked at an announcement made by...
Who are Nigeria’s Boko Haram?
Nigeria's Islamist group, Boko Haram has in recent years been at the centre of media attention. It has claimed responsibility for numerous domestic "terrorist"...
“Awakening” in Syria may see Assad, FSA join forces against al Qaeda
Abdelbari Atwan says the West and the Assad regime may soon be finding themselves on the same side in a fight against al Qaeda...
A year after Rana Plaza disaster the evils of fast fashion still reign supreme
Journalist Yasmin Khatun writes about the consumerism, bad ethics and the corrosive effects of the garments industry and fast fashion a year on from...
Is Qatar abandoning the Muslim Brotherhood?
Last Thursday, at an emergency meeting in Riyadh, Qatar’s foreign minister Khalid al-Attiya signed the Gulf Cooperation Council’s pact on non-interference in each others'...
Jordan preoccupied with talk of the “Islamic State”
I spent some time in Jordan lately and, wherever you go in Amman these days, the only topic of conversation is the "Islamic State",...
