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Palestine: A land without a people. A people without a land

A refugee crisis that has lasted for 64 years following the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 in which the indigenous population was driven out by Zionists.

The Nakba known as the disaster or catastrophe. During the early years, many Palestinians refused to acknowledge this; hundreds of thousands vowing to immediately return to their holy land. Sadly this ultimate hope has yet to be realized.  Till this day, 64 years later, thousands of refugees are confined to flimsy makeshift shelters, three generations [...]

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Identity & Islamic State Paradigm

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By Kamal Abu Zahra Muslim residence in a non-Muslim land is not a new phenomenon to Islamic Law. Indeed one finds mention of laws pertaining to such domicile scattered unevenly within the pages of classical juristic works. However, such treatment was brief and circumstantially limited and understandably since Muslim migration to the West from the 1980’s [...]

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Atheism In The Dock

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By : Uthman Badar The high priests of New Atheism are in town, subjecting us to more of the same. The faithful have responded to the fatuous bus posters to gather at the (not-so-global) Atheist convention, taking place in the same country twice in three years, with the stated purpose of ‘celebrating reason’. An admirable pursuit. It [...]

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Babar Ahmad: British justice expose

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Whatever the final outcome, Babar Ahmad’s case is a humiliating indictment of British ‘justice’ Dr. Abdul Wahid The lead news in the UK has been the interview with Babar Ahmad – the UK’s longest serving prisoner who has not been charged, tried or even allowed to see the evidence against him. He has been in prison [...]

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Cameron, Cruddas and Pay-Per-View Democracy

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Democracy is the best political system money can buy … and the ‘Cash-for Cameron’ Scandal is just the latest proof  Dr. Abdul Wahid In common parlance the word used for trying to influence people’s actions by means of financial incentives is ‘bribery’. But in the world of democratic politics we insist on using words like ‘funding’, [...]

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The British Soldier: A Protected Species

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Fahad Ansari This week, a British teenager was charged with committing a racially aggravated public order offence. In a society rampant with racially motivated crimes ranging from anti-social behaviour to assault and murder, it is to be welcomed that the police are taking a sterner approach towards protecting members of the public. After all, for [...]

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Sad Week of civilian casualties, and Clinton adds insult to injury

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Hodan Yusuf Last Sunday, many civilians in Afghanistan were shot dead in their sleep at point blank range by a US serviceman who had gone on a ‘killing spree’. There were reports from some eyewitnesses that there was more than one serviceman involved in the massacre. Some of the dead were even set on fire. As predicted, theexcuses came [...]

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Silent Suffering: A State to Safeguard Women’s Rights

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The time has come to remember and commemorate the woman, at least she is given one day annually to be flattered while standing before audiences, pedestaled on podiums to briefly highlight specific female accomplishments. This “holiday” forged by some committee the mark the International Annual Women’s Day that has gathered the attention across the globe. [...]

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