Anti-Muslim terror
A report submitted by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief in November last year showed that a majority of Canadians – 52 percent – believe…
Muslim world politics
THE OIC is holding a preparatory meeting of its senior officials in Jeddah for the 47th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers. Reportedly, the meeting will not include Kashmir…
Not just a Muslim issue
INDIAN actor Naseeruddin Shah was trolled and threatened last week for expressing a reasoned view that religious intolerance and growing mob violence posed a mortal threat to the secular state. Naseer’s…
Muslim reform
Islam, with about 1.6 billion followers all over the globe, is currently the second largest religion in the world. Despite its prominent presence on the world map, its followers are…
Obscurantism in the Muslim world
The heart-wrenching picture of a Yemeni child drinking water from a leaked pipeline in the war-raged country has shamed humanity. The picture recently went viral on social media but failed…
Muslim ban
The day after US President Donald Trump signed his now notorious Muslim ban, he spoke with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel. Over the phone, she reportedly “explained” to Trump the United…
Muslim discourse
The wealth and pomp of several Muslim monarchies notwithstanding, the world of Islam is in tatters. Torn by internal strife, lack of focus on starving millions and controlled by greed…
Is it about Muslims?
There can only be one reaction to the diabolical act of the Orlando killer – unqualified condemnation and sheer disgust. The Orlando killings have yet again intensified the continuing debate…
How Muslims should react to jihadi terror
The range of how Muslims respond to jihadi terror thriving in our midst is both curious and varied. One reaction is just an expression of disgust and dismay and nothing…
Pakistan, Daesh and the Western Muslim
The writer is an analyst and commentator. In the space of less than a month, the terrorist non-state known as Daesh has done more to alter the dynamics of political…
