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- When the history of our troubled times is written, justice will hopefully be done to Syria’s real heroes — its faceless, ordinary people. They defy great odds day after perilous day to survive, perpetually in the line of fire and besieged from all sides. This week, BBC aired a fantastic...
- If there is a threshold of pain and tolerance, this must be it. If this does not wake us up, I do not know what will! The unimaginable and unthinkable affront to Madinah, the city of mercy and love where Islam’s beloved Prophet, peace be upon him, lies resting, is an open and audacious attack on...
- Nothing beats the simple pleasure that a bunch of good books promise. A Pakistani friend, who spent some years in the Middle East before happily settling down in the great, green expanses of Canada, shares my weakness for books. We often exchange notes about our latest acquisitions and what we...
- Thanks to my solitary existence, I often end up spending endless hours watching television. I keep telling myself to get a life and do something useful and worthwhile like read a book or go for a walk. But, as many of you would agree, it’s not easy resisting the charms of the so-called idiot box...
- The last time I had visited the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah was more than 10 years ago. But it seems like yesterday, with the memories of my young children circumambulating the Kaaba and earnestly praying still fresh in mind. My son looked cute in his ihram (the two-piece unstitched cloth...
- Another terror attack, this time in the heart of Europe and at the seat of EU’s political and economic power, and another mad rush to blame it all on Islam and Muslims.Even as their faith is put in the dock all over again, Muslims and their friends and supporters everywhere are falling over...
- After long years of reading from the hymn sheet provided by its hosts, sense finally seems to have dawned on the United Nations. The world body has apparently concluded that it is insanity, in the words of Einstein, to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results. Addressing...
- The problem with political jokes is, said Henry Cate, they get elected. Donald Trump’s endless rants would be seriously funny, if there hadn’t been a clear and present danger of him clinching the Republican nomination and ending up in the White House. The oafish real estate mogul and TV...
- Fools rush in where fools have been before. Is it just me or has the world really turned on its head? I find it hard to believe that after all the havoc wreaked on Iraq and the fine mess that the blessed Coalition of the Willing led by the US and UK has made of the Middle East, the West still...
- Don't get me wrong. I have utmost sympathy for the victims of Paris attacks. I can understand the cold, helpless outrage of the French society. Finding yourself under attack from an unknown enemy can be a life changing experience. What I find fascinating though is the fact that a country...
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