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Racists are responsible for global security crises

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Jumada' al-Ula' 06, 14302009-05-01

We have gathered here in the follow up to the Durban conference against racism and racial discrimination to work out practical mechanisms for our holy and humanitarian mission. Over the last centuries, humanity has gone through tremendous suffering and pain. In the Middle Ages, thinkers and scientists were sentenced to death.

The necessity of unity in the Islamic Ummah

Mohammad Bagher Ansari

Rabi' al-Awwal 04, 14302009-03-01

From the early days of human existence on earth, there have always been different ideas, opinions and ways of understanding between individuals. Doubtless, such is the demand of his nature as created by Allah, the Creator of everything, the Almighty. His nature also demands differences of attributes and character, such as bravery, justice and generosity, or jealousy and bigotry.

Reflections from Hajj

Mustafa Ali

Muharram 04, 14302009-01-01

The entire journey from beginning to end is like a dress rehearsal for the final journey we will all make to Allah. In the weeks preceding my departure, like all hujjaj, I began calling and emailing family and friends, acquaintances and enemies, asking them all for their forgiveness for any hurt or offence I may ever have caused them.

Dehumanisation as weapon in the “war on terror”

Fahad Ansari

Dhu al-Qa'dah 02, 14292008-11-01

In war, various tactics—from bribery to insults, ridicule and mockery, hostile propaganda, threats of force to physical violence and expulsion—are used to weaken and ultimately defeat the enemy. A traditional weapon used even today is that of isolation and dehumanisation through a process of complete social boycott.

Of failed states and dehumanising metaphors in the “war on terror”

Iqbal Jassat

Dhu al-Qa'dah 02, 14292008-11-01

In light of the fresh debate centered on Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, particularly within the US whose armed forces are deeply involved in the military conquest of the region under the guise of the “war on terror”, many fraudulent theories are advanced to justify aggression against largely unarmed and defenseless populations.

The purposes of Ramadan and how to achieve them

Ahmed Motiar

Sha'ban 19, 14282007-09-01

Ramadan, the month of fasting, is linked to a number of important events in Islamic history. It is the month in which the Qur’an was first sent down from the Lawh Mahfuz (the “well-guarded tablet,” al-Qur’an 85:22) and in its earthly form given to the Prophet Muhammad (saw).

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Putin’s mockery confirms decline of the sole superpower

Zafar Bangash

Rajab 17, 14282007-08-01

Perhaps never before in history has a self-declared superpower fallen from glory as precipitously as has the US. In less than 20 years it has gone from a hyperpower to being a spent force unable to deal even with such backward societies as Afghanistan and Iraq.

US’s policy of renditions highlights the moral vacuum at heart of the sole superpower

M.S. Ahmed

Jumada' al-Akhirah 16, 14282007-07-01

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US has become the only world superpower, with the result that its imperial ambitions have inflated enormously. In the past, those ambitions centred on the establishment of a monopoly over economic resources, such as oil, gas and other minerals, and of political control of those countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, that possess them. But with the arrival of president Bush at the White House those ambitions began to include the imposition of Christianity as the world’s dominant religion.

Analysing events in Pakistan using Dr Kalim Siddiqui’s “flash in the pan” model

Perwez Shafi

Jumada' al-Ula' 15, 14282007-06-01

As the political trouble sparked by the sacking of Pakistan’s chief justice in March shows no sign of abating, DR PERWEZ SHAFI of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought (ICIT) tries to understand it using a model of political behaviour proposed by the late Dr Kalim Siddiqui.

The cultural origins of the genocide in Rwanda

Kayitana ka Ruterandongozi

Rabi' al-Awwal 13, 14282007-04-01

The genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda by the country’s Hutu majority in 1994 remains one of the most shocking events in recent history. But the actual killings were rooted in social and particularly cultural factors. KAYITANA KA RUTERANDONGOZI, a Rwandan Muslims now living in Canada, discusses the cultural roots of the Rwandan genocide.

Imam Khamenei’s annual message to the Hujjaj

Crescent International

Muharram 13, 14282007-02-01

Once again the Hajj season is back with its spiritual tidings, and again it presents a precious opportunity to the Islamic world. While many eager hearts are attracted from all over the world to attend this annual congregation, there are only a fortunate few who actually realize their dream. This is the reason for the perpetuity of this flowing spring.

Shaikh Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah: a profile

Nasr Salem

Ramadan 08, 14272006-10-01

Hizbullah leader Shaikh Hassan Nasrallah has come to symbolise the Islamic movement, thanks to Hizbullah’s resistance against the Israelis. NASR SALEM profiles the Ummah’s latest hero.

The impact of western hegemony on Muslim thought (Re-print)

Yusuf Progler

Jumada' al-Akhirah 05, 14272006-07-01

Here we reprint a paper delivered by DR YUSUF PROGLER at the Kalim Siddiqui Memorial Conference in London in April 1999, on the damage that western hegemony has done to Muslim thought, and how it can be addressed.

The Imam’s annual message to the hujjaj

Sayyid Ali Khamenei

Muharram 02, 14272006-02-01

The Hajj season is an occasion for hope and good tidings. On the one hand, the magnificent solidarity among the travellers to the House of Unity raises hope in hearts, and on the other, the refreshing of the souls through the blessing of the zikr (praising the Divine) gives the good tiding of the opening of gates of mercy.

The Palestinian struggle: from nationalism to Islamic movement and intifada

Crescent International

Dhu al-Hijjah 01, 14262006-01-01

In October, Crescent International (South Africa) issued a booklet called The Struggle for Al-Quds to mark Yaum al-Quds 1426AH. Here we publish an adaptation of the second part of this booklet, focusing on the evolution of the Palestinian liberation movement. The first part, focusing on the problem of Israel and the threat to al-Quds, was published in the last issue of Crescent International.

The problem of Israel and the threat to al-Haram al-Sharif

Editor

Shawwal 28, 14262005-12-01

The state of Israel, proclaimed by zionist leaders on May 15, 1948, emerged from a combination of international politics and military conquest in the aftermath of the Second World War. On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly — dominated by the imperial powers that won the war — voted to partition Palestine, which had been ruled by the British since the defeat of the Uthmaniyya khilafah in the First World War, into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. At this time, about 1.3 million Arabs and 600,000 Jews lived in Palestine, with most of the Jews being recent immigrants from Europe (in 1900 there were fewer than 30,000 Jews in Palestine). Jews owned only about 6-8 percent of the total land of Palestine. Nonetheless, the UN partition plan gave Jews 56 percent of Palestinian territory, as well as keeping the area of Jerusalem and Bethlehem as an international zone.

The Islamophobic heart of the UK government’s proposed anti-terrorism legislation

Fahad Ansari

Ramadan 28, 14262005-11-01

This month, the Islamic Human Rights Commission will publish a detailed critique of the British government’s proposed anti-terrorism legislation, written by FAHAD ANSARI. Here we publish an extract focussing on the targeting of “extemism”.

Allama Muhammad Iqbal: an inspiration for young Muslims at all times and places

Zawahir Siddique

Sha'ban 27, 14262005-10-01

At a time when Muslims are struggling to make sense of the world we live in and the situation facing us, ZAWAHIR SIDDIQUE turns for inspiration to the writings of one of the great Muslim thinkers of the modern era...

The universality of liberation theology and the case of Palestine

Saied Reza Ameli

Rajab 27, 14262005-09-01

In June, the Islamic Human Rights Committion convened a conference on liberation theology and the right to resist. Here we publish the keynote paper presented by DR SAIED REZA AMELI of the Institute for North American and European Studies, University of Tehran.

Remembering the US’s atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Jumada' al-Akhirah 25, 14262005-08-01

August marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the nuclear era with the US;s use of atomic bombs against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. YUSUF AL-KHABBAZ, who was in Hiroshima for the commemorations, discusses those momentus events and their implications.

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