Opinion

A territorial dispute over Nagorny-Karabakh has escalated from small-scale skirmishes into all-out engagement as Armenia and Azerbaijan deploy increasingly lethal offensive capabilities. Despite a fragile cease-fire, there are worrying…

Dr Bilal Ahmed Tahir, Sheffield, UK Introduction The Ottoman Empire ruled much of the Arab World for four centuries. This included the region of the Hijaz, the jewel of the empire, which encompasses Islam’s two holiest cities: Makkah and…

The BBC’s famous TV program “Big Questions” asked, “Should we be proud of the British Empire?” When taking into consideration developments in the South Asia region today, the question is fair to ask. A quick flashback to the British…

In the previous months, the world was sent up in arms by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex 30% of the West Bank. However, after the plan was halted temporarily the outcry faded, an alternative date remained…

Today I spoke on and voted for the motion on “Racial Justice Can’t Wait” at the Liberal Democrats  digital conference. On moving the motion, Christine Jardine, the party spokesperson for women and equalities cited the death of George…

Could right now be the most influential time ever? Richard Fisher looks at the case for and against – and why it matters. What is the best word to describe our present moment? You might be tempted to reach for “unprecedented”, or…

This exquisite timing was apropos. The US plan seeks to permanently subordinate the Palestinian people to Israeli domination by enabling Israel’s unilateral annexation of 30 percent of the occupied Palestinian West Bank. It also maintains…

As we approach the second anniversary of the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia continues its retreat, losing direction and influence in the Gulf and Middle East regions. More than 50 years…

Once other countries even covertly begin supporting the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey, there will be no turning back. by Michael Rubin Modern Turkey arose nearly one hundred years ago against the backdrop of European efforts to divide the…

Today, people’s rising aspirations often sit at odds with political stability. Impatience, dissent and violent protests can easily slip into insurgency and terrorism. Various state machineries stand guilty of weaponizing political…

In what can only be called an extreme shift in US foreign policy, President Donald Trump seems to have moved from decades-old approach to the Palestinian cause, offering Israelis and Arab Palestinians another concept (one state) without…

We live in an era of resurgent nationalism. From Scotland to Sri Lanka, from China to Brazil, governments rely on nationalism as a source of communal identity and a vehicle for common action. In countries where religious identity appears…

Volunteering and charitable work carried out by Muslim organisations does not receive the same “appreciation and support” as mainstream charities, according to a new report. The report, The Neighbours Next Door: The Story of Muslim…

Rows of men, their shaven heads bowed, eyes blindfolded and sitting on the ground, close to waiting trains. Their hands seem to be constrained; guards walk in between the rows of identically-garbed detainees. That’s what a leaked drone…

For 92 years, the global Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movement has managed to create franchises around the world. Despite a rise in power in several countries after the Arab Spring revolutions, the group is now witnessing steady recessions in…