Category: Opinion

Sun 04 August 2019: Once again, a not-so-unpredictable crisis is unfolding in the three Horn of Africa countries of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. The humanitarian agency Oxfam is reporting that as of June 2019, some 15.3 million were in need of assistance, primarily food and other essential needs. Crucially, more than a third of these […]

Fri 02 August 2019: Israel is trying to rewrite history to tap into the hearts of ordinary Africans, but it will not succeed. For years, Kenya has served as Israel’s gateway to Africa. Israel has been using the strong political, economic and security relations between the two states as a way to expand its influence on the continent and […]

Wed 31 July 2019: For many decades, successive Iranian regimes have perpetrated injustices against non-Persian peoples who make up approximately half of the country’s population. Indeed, the Islamic Republic chose to follow in the footsteps of the Shah in terms of promoting Persian ethnic supremacism. Since its inception, the regime has enacted a number of […]

Mon 29 July 2019: I returned this week from my first visit to Sri Lanka since the horrific Easter bombings which were claimed by Islamic State (IS) and carried out by the National Thowheed Jamath, a relatively little known extremist group who have gone against the very faith they claim to be part of. As a […]

Sun 28 July 2019: There have been news reports about the mushrooming of “chastity houses,” particularly in holy cities, and their increasing popularity with male foreign tourists visiting Iran. Though they are yet to become legal, chastity or morality houses are religiously sanctioned establishments that enable couples to engage in intimate relationships by performing sigheh (temporary marriage). […]

Thu 25 July 2019: Trump’s latest quip reflects old white supremacist desire to keep black people in a position of servitude and weakness. If the blatant racism on display in the lead-up to the 2020 election is at all surprising, you have not been paying attention. Candidate Donald Trump began his ascent to the US presidency descending down […]

Tue 23 July 2019: In the week of what would have been his 101st birthday, Nelson Mandela made an emotionally unexpected return to South African, and world, TV screens. His memory had already been briefly revived in the Middle East and Europe on July 7 when his grandson, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, a South African MP, slammed Israel […]

Sun 21 July 2019: Palestinian refugees say they are victims of ‘racist’ system and demand legal clarity to their status. Thousands of Palestinian refugees protested in and around their camps on Friday to demand that the Lebanese government end its requirement that they must obtain a work permit to gain employment. The intensifying protests were […]

Thu 18 July 2019: They remained as Indians, not colonists. India gained independence in 1947 after a long freedom struggle with British imperialism. Perhaps because of that, lack of historical knowledge and sense we see all conquests as colonisation. Colonisation is described by professor Harbans Mukhia as “governance of a land and its people, now […]