Fri 20 November 2020: It is unusual for Iran to have a sudden change of heart in its foreign policy. Indeed, it can be said to be one of the firmest and most blatant when it comes to its projection of regional influence, and its rhetoric is just as bold. This has changed with the […]
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Fri 13 October 2020: After a hijab and face veil ban, Austria’s right wing government is set to introduce draconian measures against expressions of “political Islam.” Austria’s right-wing Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced a raft of new measures which would make “political Islam” a criminal offence. Kurz used Twitter to announce the new policy stating “In the […]
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Sat 07 October 2020: Could it be a wake-up call for Pakistan that battle-hardened militants trained by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Quds force might be returning to Pakistan as Iran’s pawns? Iran, in an effort to develop strict security policies as the events that broke out in Tunisia at the end of 2010 spread across […]
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Sun 01 November 2020: It is not easy to hold emotions, after visiting the Holocaust Museum in the heart of West Jerusalem. In dim lights, getting transported into history, with slow gloomy music playing in the background, videos and pictures of trains whistling the past carrying Jews to concentration camps, shrieks of people being lashed […]
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Sun 18 October 2020: It’s not a problem to be a superpower, but it’s a huge problem to be an evil, oppressive and obnoxious superpower. Islam was a superpower for many centuries, by and large a humane superpower (of course not a perfect one, but one not known for evil and oppression), until it was […]
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Sun 11 October 2020: Following public protests last October, the people of Iraq unified in an almost unprecedented manner. Baghdad witnessed the largest demonstrations condemning the country’s political system, ruling forces and parties, which prompted the authorities to resort to killing, intimidation and arrests to stop crowds of protesters surrounding the Green Zone. It also […]
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Sat 10 October 2020: Palestinians need support from friends and allies to form a significant Arab and Muslim bloc, which can endorse their position and reject the normalisation by some Arab regimes It is no secret that Egypt’s role in Palestine has been declining, especially after failing to mediate a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, […]
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Fri 09 October 2020: Iran seems to be quietly backing Armenia in the conflict. Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia in occupied Nagorno-Karabakh are already a geopolitical flashpoint between Russia, which supports Yerevan, and Turkey, which supports Baku. But what role does Iran, a Shia-Muslim majority country like Azerbaijan, which neighbours both countries, have? Experts with a close eye […]
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Sun 24 October 2020: On 2 October 1187, Ayyubid Sultan Salah Al-Din (known in the West as Saladin) liberated Jerusalem from the Crusaders nearly a century after they captured the holy city from the Fatimid Caliphate. What: Saladin’s liberation of Jerusalem Where: Palestine When: 2 October 1187 The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem With a cry of ‘Deus vult!’ […]
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Sat 03 October 2020: Two Myanmar soldiers have confessed to committing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, giving more evidence of the genocide against the minority group. Two personnel in Myanmar’s military have confessed to “exterminating” Rohingya Muslims. Human rights defenders believe that this public acknowledgement could substantiate the ongoing international genocide investigation at the International Court of Justice against […]
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