The War on Terror: 20 years of destruction and demonisation
The director of the Ayaan Institute, Jahangir Mohammed, reflects on 20 years of the War on Terror and how it has destroyed three Muslim nations...
Tackling Islamophobia has never been more urgent
The Islamic Human Rights Commission's Faisal Bodi sees the passing of Islamophobia Awareness Month an opportune time to reflect on the alarming rise of...
Gaza: The war isn’t over but the Palestinian resistance is ready
UPDATE: This article was deleted on July 14, 2021 in response to a complaint by Camera UK. While 5Pillars does not accept that the...
Farha and Israel’s war on the Palestinian narrative
Veteran Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan says that Israel's tactics of brandishing the sword of "antisemitism" to suppress the truth, as in the case of...
Abdurraheem Green: “Returning Jihadis aren’t so bad, I used to be one”
"Where have you been?" asked a customs officer..."Fighting jihad in Afghanistan" I replied with a smile, writes Abdurraheem Green.
Returning Jihadis from Syria now potentially...
Why present pro-Assad propaganda as “anti-Western, anti-Zionist” truths?
Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, pro-Assad media outlets and activists have presented a particular narrative which has been championed as “anti-Western” and...
The Metaverse: Abandoning our God-given humanity
Blogger Najm Al-Din says the next big thing in technology - the Metaverse - will tempt many Muslims to abandon their God-given humanity for a...
Imam Zaid Shakir: “Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is not a racist”
Co-founder of Zaytuna College, Imam Zaid Shakir, explains why his long-time friend and colleague Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is not a racist, in response to...
Why are Muslim organisations getting cosy with Zionists?
5Pillars editor Roshan Muhammed Salih argues that several Muslim organisations have crossed a serious red line by normalising relations with Zionists under the guise of interfaith activities.
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My Schedule 7 stop: Power and coercion presented as “choice” and a “friendly chat”
Dr Asim Qureshi is the research director at advocacy group CAGE. You can follow him on Twitter @AsimCP.
On 27 July 2019, I was stopped...
