TO BE OR NOT TO BE: MUSLIMS IN THE WEST

It’s the hijab again. This time the controversy is in Scotland, about playing soccer in the Muslim hijab (here). This is but the latest link in the chain of controversies on hijab in the West (See England, France, Italy, Germany, and in the West supported regimes of supposedly ‘modernized’ Turkey, Tunisia (also here), Morocco, and [...]

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The Askariya Mosque and the Muslim Ummah

The desecration of the Holy Askariya Mosque is a painful sight to all lovers and followers of the Prophet and his family. My condolence to all of you on this tragedy.
We are at a very sensitive juncture of history. Our collective actions as Muslims and as people of conscience are largely going to determine our [...]

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The Swiss Minarets

The bigotry against Muslims that is being justified in the name of secular-liberal principles is very obvious in the recent controversy over building minarets in Switzerland (see below). But there is a larger question here that needs to be addressed as well. How does this discrimination become possible within the secular-liberal legal framework? This story [...]

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Media Wars

The Geo TV is presenting a very interesting program these days. “35mm @ war” (here) is a commentary and interview based program that examines the history and techniques of propaganda in movies produced by Hollywood, Bollywood, and even Lollywood and their utility for war mongering purposes. I have watched a few episodes and found the [...]

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