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Mayhem in Syria

I last visited Syria in 1997. Had paid the visit as a mark of reverence and gratitude towards Syeda Zainab (RA). What a beautiful city, country it was then. How…

A Divided House

A divided house

US President Donald Trump's inauguration was apiece with his election campaign and underlined how divided American society is in its aftermath. The President's inauguration speech, for example, instead of following…

The Embalming Of Syria

The embalming of Syria

The Syrian civil war, which has been raging since 2011, is one of the worst tragedies of the early twenty-first century. Approximately half a million people have died, about six…

Time To Introspect

Time to introspect

The assassination of the most popular Iranian commander Gen Qassem Soleimani by the US has sent shockwaves in Iran. It has equally angered innumerable Muslims in other countries who admired…

Assassination

Assassination

Soleimani was the most capable foe of the United States and Israel in the region. As chief of the Al-Quds force, Soleimani was a master of Iran’s asymmetric warfare strategy,…

Beyond The London Attack

Beyond the London attack

The recent terrorist attack in London has sent a shiver down the spine of the Muslim community living in the UK besides raising important questions for British society, the West…

A changing world

SOME conflicts leave relatively small footprints; others cause ripples in the space-time continuum. Small wars like the ones America launched against Panama and Belize, for instance, have long been forgotten.…