The Most Important Question of Our Life: Why is There Anything at All?
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
Tajikistan’s hijab ban latest in decades-long religious freedom violations
Experts acknowledge the country’s long-standing security issues but say the state uses them as a pretext for imposing excessive rules to control the population. AYSE BETUL AYTEKIN When Muslim-majority Tajikistan […]
Ex-US official says she quit over Biden’s ‘destructive support for Israel’
Maryam Hassanein tells TRT World that she hopes Biden would “listen to our voices” and take a better approach to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. A former US official who […]
French elections: Descendants of North African immigrants unite against far right
Residents of working-class neighbourhoods fear an increase in police violence and discrimination if National Rally takes power Mounia Merzouk (centre) – the mother of Nahel, a 17-year-old who was shot […]
If Christians and Atheists Debate, Islam Wins: Lane versus Ehrman
EPIGRAPH Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word common between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Hala Mbappé: Kicking Back Against Division
Qasim ChoudharyCONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 2nd July 2024 ©Shutterstock Qasim Choudhary, USA ‘Kylian Mbappé is against the extremes, the groups that divide us. We have the opportunity to choose the […]
France’s snap elections: Muslims face stark choice amid far-right surge
French society has witnessed a sharp escalation in Islamophobia in recent years, along with many anti-Muslim policies. For France, the writing seems to be on the wall: the general elections […]
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse
Germany Karamba Diaby’s announcement he wants to spend time with family comes after bullet and arson attacks on his office Kate Connolly in BerlinWed 3 Jul 2024 The first African-born MP […]
What the UK general election might mean for the Middle East
What the UK general election might mean for the Middle East SPECIAL Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, soaked in rain, stands at a lecturn as he delivers a speech to […]
French media under fire for biased coverage of Gaza war
SALAH GUEMRICHE July 03, 2024 In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Elie Wiesel said: “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.” For an Algerian who lived through the […]
Battleground: Jerusalem
The biblical battle for the Holy City Arab News As the holy month of Ramadan approached this year, fears grew that against the backdrop of the conflict in Gaza, Al-Aqsa […]
If Christians and Atheists Debate, Islam Wins: Lane versus Millican
Epigraph Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word common between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]