Complicity in Israel’s war: Final blow to liberal order
BY BURAK ELMALI JUN 07, 2024 – DAILY SABAH People protest near the commencement at Morehouse College, in Atlanta, U.S., May 19, 2024. (AP Photo) The West’s complicity in Israel’s […]
Hypocrisy and Double Standards: The Selective Justice of Western Leaders
Zafir MalikCONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12th December 2023 Add Comment ©Shutterstock Zafir Malik, UK If today Vladimir Putin stops the war in Ukraine and opts for a ceasefire, there will […]
Western Companies Get Tangled in China’s Muslim Clampdown
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Eva Dou and Chao Deng AKSU, China—Western companies, including brand name apparel makers and food companies, have become entangled in China’s campaign to forcibly assimilate its Muslim […]
Iran nuclear deal: Rouhani says West has no right to make changes
Source: BBC News Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has questioned the legitimacy of efforts by the US and its European allies to change a nuclear deal with his country. The US […]
Russia election: Muted Western reaction to Putin victory
Source: BBC News World leaders are congratulating Vladimir Putin on his election for a new six-year term as Russian president, but Western leaders have been slow to respond amid recent […]
How Western civilisation could collapse
Source: BBC News By Rachel Nuwer 18 April 2017 This story is featured in BBC Future’s “Best of 2017” collection. Discover more of our picks. The political economist Benjamin Friedman once compared modern […]
A collective stance
Dec 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah’s working visit to the Vatican Tuesday for talks with His Holiness Pope Francis acquired an added significance since it took place […]
Reciprocal rage: why Islamist extremists and the far right need each other
Source: Vox News How two complementary extremisms are defining global politics. By Sean Illing@seanillingsean.illing@vox.com Dec 19, 2017, 8:50am EST Javier Zarracina/Vox Global politics in the early 21st century is being defined by […]
The rise and rise of ‘halal’ business
Source: Al Jazeera By Shafik Mandhai & Ayseba Umutlu 26 Nov 2017 Halal industries are expected to be worth $3.7 trillion by 2019 [Reuters]When Kerim Ture placed his first order […]
West to East
Source: Medium By Alex Hacillo The US continues to flag as the world’s last superpower, and critics fret that China is poised to take over the reins. Should its perceived […]
How western civilisation could collapse
Source: BBC By Rachel Nuwer 18 April 2017 The political economist Benjamin Friedman once compared modern Western society to a stable bicycle whose wheels are kept spinning by economic growth. […]
Russia and the West: Where did it all go wrong?
Source: BBC By Jonathan Marcus Diplomatic correspondent It is hard to imagine a period since the end of the Cold War when relations between Russia and the United States have been […]
Global politics is basically anarchic – we’re ruled by the law of the jungle
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Wainer Andrew Wainer is director of policy research at Save the Children According to the realist school of political science, the global political system is […]
Local view: Loyalties to Islam, America not mutually exclusive
Source: Duluth News Tribune By M. Imran Hayee M. Imran Hayee is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He belongs to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Criticism of Islam Angers Western Liberals
Source: Observer By Jeff Robbins • 04/22/16 9:00am Ayaan Hirsi Ali attends a book presentation in April 2015 in Berlin. Photo by Christian Marquardt/Getty Images Ayaan Hirsi Ali can recount in virtual slow motion the events of November 2, 2004—the day Theo Van Gogh, her collaborator on a film about […]
Stupid Questions Asked to Muslim Women
Source: Huffington Post By Asmaa AbuMezied Researcher, Economic Development and Social Change Fellow As a Muslim woman, I had my share of questions regarding my religion, my culture and my so […]
Islamic Awakening
Source: America Magazine There is a culture war in the West over Islam. It has flared up again following last year’s attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, the daily predations […]
Why Western attempts to moderate Islam are dangerous
Source: Al jazeera Less than 2 percent of all politically motivated acts of violence committed in Europe are carried out by Muslims. Yet, the media narrative of a crisis with “radical […]
A letter to a young Muslim on the future of Western Islam
Source: Quartz By Haroon Moghul Senior Correspondent, Religion Dispatches We have failed you. While jihadist movements continue to expand their reach, anti-Muslim bigotry is becoming more and more mainstream. Both narratives […]
Why a ‘war’ on terrorism will generate yet more terrorism
Source: The Guardian By Roy Greenslad, who is is professor of journalism at City University, and was editor of the Daily Mirror from 1990-91 US academic puts the west’s political reaction to […]