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Beware of the rock star imams!

Salina Khan

Jumada' al-Akhirah 20, 14342013-05-01

Muslims are now going to b confronted by US-promoted Imams through the Internet. Welcome to a new form of cyber warfare on Muslims!

Challenges facing Muslims in North America

Jamshed Abbas

Jumada' al-Ula' 20, 14342013-04-01

Most Muslims have either been co-opted or intimidate by the system; others are gamely trying to stand up to the corporate and establishment bullies. Their best chance of survival is to frame their discourse in terms of the broader interests of the American people.

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Muslim scholars address sectarianism

Tahir Mustafa

Jumada' al-Ula' 20, 14342013-04-01

Sectarianism has reared its ugly head, not because it is natural, but that there are forces deliberately trying to stoke fears. Muslim scholars in Malaysia have taken a bold stand against such machinations and called for proper understanding.

America’s Pacific century and its strategic pivot

Mirza Aslam Beg

Jumada' al-Ula' 20, 14342013-04-01

As the US has been defeated in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has shifted its focus to the Pacific region to contain the rising power of China. General Mirza Aslam Beg, former chief of the Pakistan Army, argues that countries like Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan are well-placed to assert their rights in this new architecture.

Mali and the West’s new scramble for Africa

Zainab Cheema

Rabi' al-Thani 19, 14342013-03-01

Mali is being targeted as much for its mineral wealth as to keep China from developing close links with Africa. The struggle for influence between the west and China is being fought on the backs of the African people.

Russian policy in the “near abroad”

Akhmet Makhmoudov

Rabi' al-Thani 19, 14342013-03-01

Russia is determined to assert itself in Central Asia and the Caucasus by using its former puppets to advance its agenda. Some republics offer better prospects than others.

America’s Pacific century

Mirza Aslam Beg

Rabi' al-Thani 19, 14342013-03-01

The US has turned its attention to the Pacific to contain the rising power of China. The strategic implications of this new policy are analysed here by a former chief of the Pakistan Army.

Islamic Iran and the oppressive global order

Zafar Bangash

Rabi' al-Awwal 20, 14342013-02-01

Despite decades of sanctions, internal sabotage and external invasion, the Islamic Republic continues to take major strides in most fields because of the sincerity of its leadership and support of its masses.

The war on terror and criminalisation of charity

Fahad Ansari

Rabi' al-Awwal 20, 14342013-02-01

The US and its western allies, especially Britain, France and Germany have not only targeted Muslims accusing them of all kinds of wrongdoing without much evidence, even charities that are involved in helping the victims’ families are being targeted. The witch-hunt is on in earnest.

Toward an Islamic economic model

Maksud Djavadov

Rabi' al-Awwal 20, 14342013-02-01

With the collapse of the western financial system, Muslim economists have an excellent opportunity to present the model of Islamic Iqtisad to provide social and economic justice to all. They will also find a ready audience among non-Muslims.

Parasites strangling Pakistan to death

Waseem Shehzad

Safar 19, 14342013-01-01

Pakistan faces an existential threat not from external enemies but from its own parasitical elites that thrive on its body sucking its blood and strangling the state slowly to death.

US, UK regimes imagine threats where none exist

Fahad Ansari

Safar 19, 14342013-01-01

Anti-Muslim sentiment has infected British society and state so deeply that even where no threat exists, Muslims are sentenced to long prison terms without any evidence but simply for being Muslims.

Fetih 1453: Turkish nationalism goes full-throttle

Zainab Cheema

Safar 19, 14342013-01-01

In a silver screen extravaganza, Fetih 1453 attempts to revive the glory of the Ottoman Empire and with it the sagging fortunes of Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan who fancies himself as a modern incarnation of the Turkish sultan.

Uses and abuses of the Internet

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 17, 14342012-12-01

The Internet can be used as well as abused so Muslims have to be wary of how they approach it.

Aliens amongst us

Mark Glenn

Muharram 17, 14342012-12-01

Anders Breivik was neither an aberration nor a ‘lone nut’. He represents a carefully programmed monster by the anti-Islamophobic Zionists that have worked in a systematic manner to target a particular group of people. There are millions of Breiviks waiting to be unleashed.

The Safavid dilemma of the Aliyevs

Maksud Djavadov

Dhu al-Hijjah 16, 14332012-11-01

Aliyevs, the illegitimate rulers of Azerbaijan are going nuts over coverage given to the Safavid rulers whose projection they see as threatening their rule. The real reason is that the Aliyevs fear the rise of the Islamic movement in the former Soviet republic.

Argo: Hollywood as extension of CIA propaganda

Maksud Djavadov, Zainab Cheema

Dhu al-Hijjah 16, 14332012-11-01

How Hollywood has played a dirty role in the smuggling of American spies from Iran during the early years of the Islamic revolution. The latest movie shows the tight relationship between the CIA and Hollywood.

Role of Special Forces in US imperial designs

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 14, 14332012-10-01

The US is resorting to increasing use of Special Operations Forces worldwide with terrible consequences for targeted societies.

On Hajj: eat, pray but love not?

Salina Khan

Dhu al-Qa'dah 14, 14332012-10-01

Sister Salina Khan challenges the conventional, ritualistic approach to performing Hajj and explains her experiences during the last Hajj.

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