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Shawwal, 14382017-07-01

Crescent International Vol. 46, No. 5

Opinion

Bin Salman’s rise (and anticipated fall!)

Zafar Bangash

With one-foot in the grave King Salman has made his son Mohammed bin Salman the crown prince and wants to make him king but the loyalty of other princes is not guaranteed.

Main Stories

Bedouins at war!

Zafar Bangash

The fickle Arabian rulers are at each other’s throats again. They are worse than children as shown by the pathetic spat between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Islamic Movement

Realistic marriage expectations in the West

Khadijah Ali

One of the most challenging aspects Muslim parents face in the West is finding suitable spouses for their children. Because of lack of social networking, this has become a serious problem.

Opinion

When two quarrel, both are in the wrong

Abu Dharr

The Saudis first launched their sectarian crusade against the Islamic Republic of Iran, now they have gone after Qatar, a fellow Wahhabi bastion. Their quarrel is pathetic and childish and aims to protect Zionist Israel.

News & Analysis

Qatar or Israel?

Zaakir Ahmed Mayet

The Saudi-led siege of Qatar has little to do with Doha’s alleged misconduct; it is more about serving the Zionist State of Israel.

News & Analysis

Bin Salman’s Numerous War Crimes

Zafar Bangash

The list of crimes perpetrated by Mohammed Bin Salman is long and horrific: Syria, support of terrorism, destruction of Yemen to now taking on Qatar and the Islamic Republic. He should be tried for war crimes.

Editor's Desk

First anniversary of Burhan Wani’s martyrdom

Editor

Burhan Wani was a young charismatic Kashmiri freedom fighter. He was martyred on July 8, 2016 but his sacrifice led to the reinvigoration of the struggle for freedom in Kashmir.

Editorials

Trump’s dangerous escalation in Syria

Editor

Donald Trump has brought the prospects of war with Russia that much closer by his belligerent and reckless policy in attacking Syria. He is trying to protect the takfiri terrorists that are on the run.

Editorials

Darkness over Gaza

Editor

The besieged enclave of Gaza has been plunged into darkness as a result of Israel’s cutting off electricity to the two million people bottled up there.

News & Analysis

Takfirism and Islamophobia

John Andrew Morrow

Takfirism and Islamophobia are two faces of the same coin. Both feed on each other and are used by predatory powers to target innocent Muslims.

News & Analysis

Russia’s socio-political landscape

Our Moscow Correspondent

A segment of the Russian elite led by elements of the former KGB are striving to make Russia great again and to avenge the humiliation heaped by the US during Boris Yeltsin’s disastrous rule.

News & Analysis

Trump pulls a Kissingerian!

Tahir Mahmoud

Donald Trump’s erratic and unpredictable policies have made the Europeans realize that America’s superpower status is about to end. They are beginning to go their separate ways.

Special Reports

Grim 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War

Yusuf Dhia-Allah

June 1967 marked the 50th anniversary of the defeat of a number of Arabian armies at the hands of the Zionist invaders. Arabian nationalism proved no match for Zionist nationalism.

News & Analysis

Who hates whom?

John Andrew Morrow

While accusing Muslims of hating Americans, America itself was built of hate: hatred of the First Nations, hatred of African-Americans, Catholics, Hispanics and now Muslims.

Special Reports

The Zionist project

Firoz Osman

The Zionists are alien invaders in Palestine. They use myth and brute force to impose themselves, with help from imperialist powers, on the lands of the Palestinian people. It is a colonial settler entity.

News & Analysis

Existential threat to Muslims in Canada

Tahir Mahmoud

Western rulers constantly harp about the threat from jihadists but Muslims are the real victims of terrorism at the hands of white supramists that have mushroomed all across Canada.

Islamic Movement

Spreading the Culture of Waqf Giving

Khalil Abdul-Rahman

When Muslims were in power, they established many Auqaf (plural of Waqf—Islamic Trust) that sustained Islamic projects. This needs to be revived as Waqf South Africa is doing with a number of schools.

Letters To The Editor

All’s not well in the Kingdom

Muhammad Abul Kheir

Mohammed bin Salman may be the new crown prince but his rule is not assured. There are already rumblings of revolt in the medieval kingdom.

Letters To The Editor

For Muslim unity

Ercan Can

Muslims need to rise above their sectarian labels and concentrate instead on being Muslims to achieve unity, says this letter writer.

Letters To The Editor

Yemen suffering

Ahmed Mustafa

The people of Yemen are suffering grievously. This is the direct result of Saudi crimes.

Letters To The Editor

Takfiris - Letter from a reader

Shahid Ali

Western regimes and intelligence agencies nurture the Takfiris to advance their own nefarious agenda in the Muslim world says this letter writer.

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