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What is ‘Real Change’?
The word ‘tabdeeli’ has been flaunted quite a lot in the Pakistani press for a long period of time. But what does it mean? ... -
Pakistan’s Constitution is Anything but Islamic
The constitution of Pakistan contradicts the principles and policies of the Shari'ah. Though its cover may display Islam, we should know better than to ... -
UK Complicit in Torture, Again
This week the Intelligence and Security Committee after years of investigation came to the conclusion that the security services of the UK were complicit ... -
Putting the Trump-Kim Summit in Perspective
American actions against North Korea form part of a strategy of political manoeuvring in pursuit of a grander aim - China. -
The Grenfell Tragedy – One Year On
The Grenfell Tower inferno has proved once again that the establishment is concerned more about generating profits for big companies and themselves,. -
Liberal Societies Remain Confused About the Rights of Women, Homosexuals and the Unborn Foetus
Abortion is a topic that divides many Western societies, as they struggle with its legality, based upon their differing views over whether the unborn ... -
What can the Muslim community expect from Sajid Javid
The Muslim community’s reservation to the ascension of Sajid Javid, are well founded and not without considerable justification. -
Making Sense of the Knife Attacks in London
In February 2018, the knife-crime rate was higher than New York for the first time ever. Naturally, this has caused alarm bells to ring ... -
Windrush: The Empire’s Legacy
The callous attitude behind the Windrush immigration scandal is not an exception in British political thinking, rather it is a staple of how Britain ... -
Syrian Airstrikes are Nothing more than Smoke and Mirrors
Five points to understand what is really going on in Syria. -
Democracy functions by manipulating people’s feelings
Data extracted from Facebook was used to provide psychological profiles of potential voters, who were then targeted with content on Facebook specially designed to ... -
The West’s Empty Promises of Intervention Only Hide Their Secular Motives
American President Obama declared that the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime against the Syrian people was a red line. When the ... -
The Curious Case of Anna Campbell
The death of Anna Campbell in Syria and subsequent government and media response highlights, once again, that national interests, rather than and any consistent ... -
Prevent needs to be abandoned not reformed
A new anti-radicalisation programme was launched last week called ‘Safe and Secure’ as an alternative to the government’s ‘toxic brand’ Prevent Strategy. -
Five Things the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Controversy Tells Us
The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica saga proves personal information is a commodity without any regard for privacy. -
Capitalism’s Inequality Crisis: Introduction
Some 60 years ago the Muslim intellectual and Islamic scholar Taqiuddin An-Nabhani wrote a criticism of capitalist economic theory as an introduction to his ... -
US Trade Wars – we’ve seen them before
Despite the rhetoric of global leaders including Trump calling for free trade, the world continues to be a protectionist place. -
Western Politics is Pakistan’s Politics- ‘Who gets What, When and How’
The political class has benefited from the same system of personal gain, leading to the creation of a symbiotic relationship between the political class ... -
The Cold War Returns to Britain
Espionage between Russia and the West never subsided after the Cold War. In reality, spying is even more common now than before. -
Capitalism has Hijacked Motherhood
Capitalism has undermined the family unit by placing materialism over motherhood. -
Al-Saud -the House of Corruption
Saudi Arabia, with its roots in rebellion against the Ottomans, was a child of the Sykes-Picot Agreement in 1916, a secret understanding between Britain ...
