With the recent outbreak of the violence and fighting between Turkey and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkey’s famed Kurdish peace process has entered uncharted waters. PKK began their fight for independence in the late 1970s and have been struggling for greater autonomy and recognition of Kurdish rights within[…]
OPINION by Geoffrey Aronson – Refugees are by definition unlucky. They have been uprooted from homes and families, suffering the horror and tragedies that befall those tossed like flotsam atop the waves of history. They have lost what much of the Arab world as a whole risks losing as a[…]
OPINION by Aayesha Soni – On 28 October 1971, the death of anti-Apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, was officially confirmed. It was then reported that the teacher had committed suicide after he had plunged from a window on the tenth floor of John Vorster Square Police Station. His death, which we[…]
OPINION by Dr Aayesha Soni – When Toby Young, a self-proclaimed “classic liberal”tweeted, “My point is that being anti-Islamist isn’t “Islamophobic” to Mehdi Hassan my mind began enquiring. Two weeks later, British PM David Cameron’s 5500-word speech mentioned the word “Islamist” 10 times and extremist “32”times. Cameron’s speech was neither[…]
OPINION by Ramzy Baroud – As much of the Middle East sinks deeper into division between competing political camps, the so-called ‘Islamic State’ (‘IS’) continues its unhindered march towards a twisted version of a Muslim caliphate. Many thousands have lost their lives, some in the most torturous ways, so that[…]
OPINION by Salmaan Moronell Life, they say, is about perspective. Every decision one makes – every right or wrong that one consciously or unconsciously judges – is in fact a judgement based on perspective. Perspective is a natural result of human creation. With creation of man there came his certain[…]
Eid ul-Fitr celebrations should be muted this year, as the Muslim world is drenched in blood, sadness and despair, writes Iqbal Jassat and Suraya Dadoo. From avalanches in Afghanistan to deadly heat-waves in Pakistan and earthquakes in Indonesia, a litany of tragedies, arising from natural disasters, are confronting Muslims. These are[…]
OPINION by Sharif Nashashibi – July 8 marks the anniversary of last year’s Israeli onslaught against Gaza. Commonly and mistakenly described as a war against Hamas, the targets and victims were overwhelmingly civilian (a consistent and deliberate Israeli military strategy). According to the United Nations, two-thirds of the 2,251 Palestinian[…]
OPINION by Suraya Dadoo For over three months, Saudi Arabia, backed by a coalition of Arab countries, and with logistical and arms support from the US and UK, has been bombing Yemen on an almost daily basis in a campaign against the Houthis – a rebel Shia group that has[…]
OPINION by Sami Kishawi – Were you so hungry that you spent time, money, and energy to make the trip to Washington, D.C., and navigate your way through streets and sidewalks caked with the bloody footsteps of soulless lobbyists and politicians just to break bread with a man whose signature[…]
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