AFRICA’S BILLIONAIRE BOOM MASKS A CRISIS FOR THE MANY

Thu 07 August 2025: The surge in African billionaires signals elite capture rather than economic progress, locking millions into poverty. On July 9, 2025, I was overwhelmed by a profound sense of despair and disappointment upon reading a report from Oxfam International, a globally recognised NGO, revealing that just four of Africa’s richest billionaires hold a […]

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THE RENAISSANCE OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN INDIAN MUSLIM YOUTH: RECLAIMING A LOST LEGACY

Wed 30 July 2025: The 21st-century Muslim youth is witnessing a quiet but profound renaissance a revival of enquiry, scientific reasoning, and intellectual curiosity. This shift marks more than a modern trend; it reflects a historical legacy inherited from the Islamic Golden Age, a period when Muslim societies led global advancements in science, medicine, philosophy, […]

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FROM UMMAH TO NATIONALISM: THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC’S IDENTITY SHIFTS UNDER AIRSTRIKES

 People continue their daily life under the shadow of the ceasefire reached with Israel, in Tehran, Iran, on July 15, 2025. [Fatemeh Bahrami – Anadolu Agency] Mon 28 July 2025: In June 2025, after Israeli and U.S. airstrikes targeted Iranian nuclear sites and civilian areas, the Islamic Republic stopped short of a full military response. But it […]

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BEYOND PALESTINE: THE UMMAH’S CRISIS OF SELECTIVE SOLIDARITY AND THE MYTH OF A SUPERMAN SAVIOR

Sat 19 July 2025: The Superman 2025 film has been widely interpreted as an allegory for Palestinian resistance—an oppressed people yearning for a hero to break their chains. But this reading reveals a deeper, more troubling reality: the Muslim world has turned Palestine into a symbolic Superman, a singular moral cause that absolves the Ummah […]

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‘LIVES CONTROLLED BY CRIME’: EXPLOSIVE ALLEGATIONS HIT SOUTH AFRICA POLICE

Tue 15 July 2025: Government under pressure as a provincial police commissioner accuses the country’s police chief of colluding with criminal gangs. Cape Town, South Africa – When Patricia Blows heard a senior police official’s explosive allegations against South Africa’s political and law enforcement elite last week, her thoughts went straight to the stalled investigation into […]

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DIDDY VERDICT RAISES QUESTIONS OVER DOMESTIC ABUSE, POWER AND COERCION

Sun 06 July 2025: The jury’s decision highlights the complexities of intimate partner violence and the legacy of the #MeToo movement. The trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has culminated in a verdict, after more than seven weeks of intense media scrutiny and testimony about drug-fuelled celebrity sex parties. But beneath the salacious details, […]

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BEYOND SECTARIANISM: HOW TÜRKIYE QUIETLY SHIELDS IRAN AND REDEFINES MUSLIM GEOPOLITICS

Wed 25 June 2025: While much of the world sees Iran and Türkiye as perennial rivals—one Persian, the other Turkic; one Shia-led, the other Sunni-rooted—a closer look reveals something far more nuanced. Especially under Erdoğan’s leadership, Türkiye has developed a non-aligned posture that, while never openly allied with Iran, has repeatedly shielded it from Western […]

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