Lessons from the Sialkot tragedy
Lessons from the Sialkot tragedy Zahid Hussain Published December 8, 2021 – THE attackers were all young. Many of those who watched the gruesome spectacle were teenagers. No one showed any sense […]
Indonesia: The cost of Repressing Islamists
PHOTO BY GLOBAL MEDIA SHARING ON FLICKR(CC BY 2.0) The Costs of Repressing Islamists NAVA NURANIYAH – 29 OCT, 2021 Shortly after his re-election in May 2019, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) […]
Dehli should fully back Hasina against Bangladesh’s Islamic radicals
The recent cycle of violence, which reportedly spread to nearly 23 districts of Bangladesh, is perhaps the worst since Sheikh Hasina came to power 12 years ago. Seshadri Chari, OCT […]
Lal Masjid Cleric reveals his real goal
Lal Masjid cleric reveals the real goal of Islam Editor’s Note. I changed the headline, because of course he is revealing his goal not the goal of Islam. By Desk […]
Social media platforms doing little to combat online hate speech in the Arab world: Experts
Precious little has been done in the Arab world to hold Facebook and other social networking platforms to account for distributing extremist ideas, bigoted views and hate speech. (AFP/File Photo) […]
Israel Needs to Deal With Its Jewish Terrorists
Editorial | Oct. 4, 2021 There is nothing about which Israelis are more in denial than nationalist crime by Jews, especially Jewish terrorism. In the Israeli mind, terrorists are always Arabs, […]
How firms profit from pain in the wild West Bank
CHRIS DOYLE October 04, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/6zrq4 It is increasingly the wild, wild West Bank, as lawless armed Israeli settler groups seize land while attacking Palestinian civilians, smashing property, […]
Afghan withdrawal may spark ex-forces terrorism in Europe
OPINION British and Irish soldiers, serving here in Mali. UK prime minister Boris Johnson was forced to write to British troops, reassuring them their efforts in Afghanistan were not in […]
Terrorism, Islam and Tony Blair: countering a ‘first-order threat’
by IAN LINDEN| @IANLINDEN| @PROFIANLINDEN SHARE: Member ratings Well argued: 58% Interesting points: 68% Agree with arguments: 51% 20 ratings – view all Tony Blair at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan 2002 (Alamy). We had almost forgotten […]
Al-Qaeda, Taliban and the history of the Mujahideen
Mohamed Hassan6 September 2021 Al-Qaeda and the Taliban were both born out of the fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which attracted hundreds of young idealistic men from across […]
Case of Ahmadiyya Community Sintang Regency, These 4 Points of Joint Statement of Attitude MUI, FKUB, NU and Muhammadiyah
WARTA SAMBAS – The case of destruction of Ahmadiyya community places of worship in Sintang Regency, on Friday, September 3, 2021, became a concern for many people. Pros and cons […]
Teachers warn of rising Islamophobia in English schools
Almost three-quarters of teachers working in schools in England have encountered Islamophobic attitudes among pupils. (Shutterstock) Short Url https://arab.news/v7msq Study finds three-quarters of teachers have encountered anti-Muslim sentiment Expert: ‘We […]
Same mistakes are being made 20 years after 9/11
CHRIS DOYLE September 07, 2021 20:53298 Short Url https://arab.news/v84ka Two decades on from the most lethal attack on American territory since Pearl Harbor, the events of the past few weeks in […]
Indonesia: After the Destruction, Ahmadiyya Mosque in Sintang Escorted by TNI-Polri
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Head of Public Relations of West Kalimantan Police Kombes Donny Charles Go stated that as many as 300 TNI-Polri personnel had secured the location of the destruction […]
No, British Muslims do not support the Taliban
Extremists claiming to speak for the Muslim community speak only for themselves. RAKIB EHSANCOLUMNIST 25th August 2021 ShareTopicsPOLITICSUKWORLD There have been some intriguing takes on the Taliban regaining control of Afghanistan. […]
Britain’s problem with illegal Islamic private schools
26 August 2021, 1:42pm While some in Britain are understandably anxious about the Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan and the prospect of the Central Asian country becoming an international jihadist […]
We All Lost Afghanistan
Two Decades of Mistakes, Misjudgments, and Collective Failure By P. Michael McKinley August 16, 2021 As Afghanistan tumbles into Taliban hands, the avalanche of recrimination and outright condemnation of the Biden […]
How social media became a deadly trap for a minority group in Pakistan
Search FEATURE If you’re one of four million Ahmadis in Pakistan, posting on Facebook can mean exposing yourself to danger. Photography by Taylor Glascock for Rest of WorldBy ALIZEH KOHARI 3 […]
How a costly proxy war can be prevented in Afghanistan
Since 2001, more than 775,000 US troops have been deployed to Afghanistan in a war that has cost over $1 trillion and seen the loss of tens of thousands of […]