Film review: Waar – Terrorism, terrorists and more terror
I was counting down the days in anticipation of the biggest blockbuster movie in Lollywood’s history, writes Dilly Hussain.
For those of you who are...
Dirty Wars: Decent expose of War on Terror but self promoting and outdated
I've been hearing so many people wax lyrical about Jeremy Scahill's Dirty Wars that I thought I'd better watch it. And frankly when I...
My Brother the Terrorist: A simplistic look at home grown extremism
After watching the BBC 3 documentary "My Brother, The Terrorist" I recalled my conversation with director Robb Leech, parts of which made it into...
Malaysia – A nation of real “Happy Muslims”
After returning from a much needed vacation, 5Pillarz deputy editor Dilly Hussain concludes that Malaysians are one of the most hospitable people he's ever met.
Situated...
British Muslim TV should rename itself “Penny Appeal TV”
It's only been broadcasting for a month and half but British Muslim TV already has a considerable achievement to its name - it makes...
Bosnia Herzegovina: Europe’s undiscovered gem
Like many British Muslims of my age, for me Bosnia Herzegovina is the place where a brutal war took place in the 1990s which...
The empty world of Palestine-set BBC drama “The Honorable Woman”
The Honorable Woman, shown on TV in Britain and the US this summer and now released on DVD, has been heralded by mainstream critics...
A poetic A-Z review of 2014
Shabbir Hassan's alphabetic poem recounting major events from 2014.
2014 was the year in which…
Airlines took headlines in aviation mystery
Brazil hosted the World Cup as...
ITV’s documentary on “charities behaving badly” was a political ploy
ITV's documentary on "charities behaving badly" was political propaganda pushing for the Charity Commission to gain more powers, cleverly targeted towards Muslim charities, writes...
Lyse Doucet’s shameful BBC film is an abuse of Gaza’s suffering children
John Hilley writes that last night's BBC documentary Children of the Gaza War is a truly disgraceful piece of distortion by journalist Lyse Doucet.
The...
