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Tabloid Islamophobia in the UK

The British Media & Islam – newspapers have taken liberties with the truth far too many times…

Show Us Your Nikahnama!

Thinking about hanging out in a park with your premarital sin partner in a Pakistani park anytime soon? Think again, socially destructive fiends!

Inshallah, Kashmir

“Burn your Bollywood movies. Come to Kashmir. Walk through our cities. The bridges. The ruins. The graves. Look at what we eat. Look at our buildings. Our shrines. Our architecture. Our speech. Our history. Speak to us. See how we live. We are not you. We have never been you. We don’t want to be you.” – Nitasha Kaul.

Diary of a Bad Man

One of the most popular Youtube shows of the year, in the UK, takes a humorous look at the British Asian experience with religion, relationships and overbearing moms.

America’s Most Lethal Navy SEAL Sniper

I want to feel sorry for him for not being able to see how he was contradicting himself in saying that the people he killed were “savage”, while also maintaining that he had to portray them as savage, and that he had “to get in the mentality and…not think of them as human beings.”

Don’t Ignore Ron Paul

Ron Paul stands in a unique position amongst fellow Republicans as well as amongst general Progressives. This has, unsurprisingly, made him perhaps the most polarizing contemporary political figure in American politics as well perhaps the most misunderstood. How can we understand him?

History of US Intervention in Iran

Lest we forget history. Again.

The Taliban in Qatar

Goodwill is not something the Taliban have found in short supply over the festive season. Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, agreed last week to the opening of a Taliban liaison office in Qatar, a week after Joe Biden set out to make it clear that ‘the Taliban per se are not our enemy’.

Al Jazeera’s Muslims of France

A brief survey of Al Jazeera English’s ‘Muslims of France.’

Chained Childhoods

While people can either blame the failed government policies or indulge in apathy, the biggest victims are children whose lives were meaninglessly destroyed. Who can imagine the pain and trauma they are experiencing after being tortured by their teachers and facing rejection by their families?

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