The nineteenth century was a century of political oppression whereby the powerful Western nations enslaved most of the Asian and African nations including a large number of Muslim countries. The present century, which is nearing its end, has witnessed the gradual independence of these countries from Western imperialism. However, despite our apparent success in achieving […]

Muslim republics in Northern Caucasus are rich in oil, natural gas, coal, gold, and many other mineral resources.

The world is celebrating the international day for mother tongues on Sunday. It is being celebrated on the call of the UNESCO, an agency of the United Nations, promoting education, culture and social norms the world over. The day is being observed in Pakistan also. Some of the newspapers are publishing special reports on the […]

For almost a year now, Israeli politicians accused President Mahmoud Abbas, repeatedly, of climbing a high tree by refusing to negotiate with Israel before Benjamin Netenyahu’s Government announces a full freeze of all settlement activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In recent days, Abbas found his way down the tree by climbing the […]

THE anger that one feels at the arbitrary arrest of Dr Aafia get further intensified as she completes seven years of detention. And thoughts inevitably turn to the fate of her three children, 9-year old Maryam and two young sons who went missing with her. Their abduction, for which her sister Dr Fouzia points a […]

One thousand days ago, Gaza became the world’s largest outdoor prison, those are not my words, but the words of John Holmes, the UN’s chief humanitarian officer.

WASHINGTON –- The discrimination Muslims face all across Europe is alarmingly on the rise, the US said in a damning report on human rights, warning of a deteriorating rights situation worldwide, mainly due to raging conflicts.

The phrase “phoney war” was coined in the period between Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, and its invasion of France nine months later. It referred to the fact that while the western European allies had declared war on Hitler, they declined to do any serious fighting. The term would hardly seem to fit […]

In a move that appears to be a celebration of the 16th anniversary of the massacre of 29 worshippers by the terrorist Baruch Goldstein, the Israeli government has proclaimed that the Ibrahimi Mosque in Khalil (Hebron) and Masjid Bilal ibn Rabah (mosque) in Bethlehem are “Jewish Heritage sites”.

When the Egyptian-born mufti of Australia made remarks about the way some Australian women dress, it caused such an uproar that he was forced to leave his post and return to Egypt, being accused of sexism and extremism and every other “ism” that could be leveled against him. The remarks were about provocative ways of […]