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Sha'ban, 14402019-05-01

Crescent International Vol. 48, No. 3

Main Stories

Turkey Defies US: A Quest for Total Independence

Kevin Barrett

Will Turkey take the next logical step and quit NATO that is a military alliance against Muslims?

Opinion

United We Survive, Divided We Perish

Abu Dharr

Muslims need to grow out of their own versions of history to confront the challenges they face today. Historical fallacies or fantasies will not serve the larger Muslim interests.

Opinion

Ramadan, the Noble Qur’an, and al-Quds

Zafar Bangash

For Muslims the month of Ramadan is more than simply going without food and drink for a number of hours. Ramadan is the also the month of the Qur’an and for worldwide al-Quds rallies to draw attention to its continued illegal occupation.

Opinion

Saudi Hush Money to Khashoggi Family

Kevin Barrett

Without even seeking their consent, as required by Islam, the Bani Saud have paid hush money to the Khashoggi family to buy their silence over the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi that was ordered by the crown prince Bin Salman.

Main Stories

Western Hubris and Double Standards

Zafar Bangash

The West has no moral standards. Anyone opposed to the West is branded a “terrorist” and the real terrorists that advance the West’s agenda are called freedom fighters.

News & Analysis

El-Sisi: Pharaoh Forever

Ayman Ahmed

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Egyptian Pharaoh Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his henchmen have just enacted another farce to keep the thug in uniform in power forever!

Editor's Desk

US blocks ICC War Crimes Probe

Editor

When the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor tried to investigate US war crimes in Afghanistan to question American soldiers, the regime in Washington revoked the prosecutor’s visa to enter the US!

Editorials

Steps Toward Muslim Cooperation

Editor

The pathetic Arabian regimes will never work for Muslim cooperation or unity but there are hopeful signs that some other countries may be able to move in that direction.

Editorials

Warmongers’ Elections

Editor

Last month, there were two noisy and violent elections—one in Zionist Israel and the other in Hindu India. In both, war criminals sought reelection. The Indian farce is still underway. These elections once again confirm that they are only meant to rubberstamp war criminals back into power.

News & Analysis

Western-backed Turmoil in Libya

Ayman Ahmed

Since the brutal lynching of Muammar Qaddafi in October 2011, Libya has not witnessed any peace. Now the Western regimes that created the mayhem in the first place are backing another “strongman” to protect their oil interests. The people of Libya must take a back seat.

News & Analysis

The Trouble with India - II

Kurshid Alam

India is touted as the world’s “largest democracy” but it is more accurate to call it the world’s largest toilet bowl. More than 600 million Indians defecate in the open because of lack of toilets.

News & Analysis

Notre Dame and al-Aqsa: Contrasting Responses

Yusuf Dhia-Allah

Two historical monuments—the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and al-Masjid al Aqsa in Jerusalem—were engulfed in flames the same day. Notre Dame got almost blanket coverage but the Aqsa fire was totally ignored. Why?

News & Analysis

South Africa Downgrades Embassy in Tel Aviv

Iqbal Jassat

In expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people, South Africa has downgraded its embassy in Tel Aviv and recalled its ambassador.

News & Analysis

Yemen: Resistance Scores Major Victories

Brecht Jonkers

There is some good news out of war-torn Yemen, at last. The resistance has scored major victories against the foreign invaders led by the Bani Saud.

Special Reports

Islam and the Rise of China

Kevin Barrett

While Muslims can learn from China’s work ethic, they can offer a moral-based value system that would save humanity from total collapse.

Special Reports

Islamophobia’s Financiers

Hayy Yaqzan

Islamophobes come in different forms. There are the foot soldiers and those that provide “intellectual” respectability. The real powers behind Islamophobia are the financiers. We expose these vile creatures.

Islamic Movement

In Praise of Kings – Part I

Jihad Jones

Court preachers spend their life justifying the criminal conduct of kings and assorted tyrants for a small price. However, such conduct costs the Ummah a great deal .

Book Review

Dugin Against Islam — Part IV

Charles Upton [Sidi Akram]

Muslims are warned to beware of Alexandr Dugin’s deceptive attempts to recruit them for his Satanic scheme.

Letters To The Editor

Sad State of the Ummah

Dr Salim Chaudhry

There are nearly 2 billion Muslims in the world occupying 20% of the Earth’s landmass but their plight is pitiful. Whose fault is it?

Letters To The Editor

Zionist Crimes

Janet Wood

Like its godfather, the US, Zionist Israel also gets away with murder. Killing and maiming Palestinians is so common that hardly anyone takes notice.

Letters To The Editor

US-India Trade

Tanvir Malik

The US has a huge trade deficit with India. In 2018, the US exported $33.12 billion worth of goods but imported $54.41 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of $21.29 billion. Donald Trump is a businessman.

Letters To The Editor

Muslims at Risk

Shahid Chishti

Seldom before have Muslims faced such a serious threat to their existence as they do today.

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