Asia is paying a very heavy price for the Iran war
This week, Sri Lankans took Wednesday off. They’ll be doing the same next week – and for as long as…
The Middle East’s Muslims are cheering Khamenei’s death
The killing of ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes on Saturday was cheered by many Iranians who have suffered innumerable…
The origins of the Pakistan-Afghanistan war
Pakistan and Afghanistan are at war with each other. Early Friday morning, Pakistan struck major Afghan cities including Kandahar and…
Pakistan’s terror problem is of its own making
At least 31 were killed and over 170 wounded in a suicide bombing targeting a Shia mosque in Islamabad on…
Tulip Siddiq can’t turn her back on Bangladeshi politics now
A Bangladeshi court sentenced the Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia on Monday. Siddiq, who stepped down…
Nigeria’s mass school abduction is its worst yet – but the West doesn’t seem to care
The kidnapping of over 300 students and teachers from a Catholic school by armed men in the Papiri area of…
India and Pakistan are edging closer to open conflict
At least eight people were killed in a car blast near New Delhi’s historic Red Fort on Monday. Less than…
Robert Jenrick is right about a burqa ban
Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, has expressed his support for Britain banning the burqa. ‘I probably would ban the…
Why Nepal’s Gen Z overthrew its government
Nepal’s prime minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned after nationwide demonstrations descended into bloodshed. At least 22 people have been killed and hundreds injured in…
Why do Western activists keep quiet about Africa’s LGBT crackdown?
Burkina Faso’s transitional legislative assembly passed a bill this week to outlaw homosexuality – making it the 32nd out of…
How the Taliban will deal with Afghanistan’s earthquake
More than 800 people have been killed, and thousands more injured, as of Monday evening after a magnitude-6 earthquake struck…
Queers for Palestine burst Pride
The annual Ottawa Pride rally was cancelled on Sunday after the group, Queers for Palestine, blocked the parade, owing to…
The hypocrisy of Tulip Siddiq
The corruption trial of Tulip Siddiq formally commenced in Bangladesh on Wednesday. Among other allegations linked to £3.9 billion worth…
The plight of the Druze
Over 500 people are estimated to have been killed in the ongoing sectarian clashes between the Druze and Bedouin populations…
Zohran Mamdani wouldn’t mock his own faith
Zohran Mamdani is defensive about his faith and has maintained that his culture is “not a costume.” Why then, New…
Islam has a rich history of depicting Muhammad
Journalists at LeMan are in fear for their lives after the Turkish satirical magazine published cartoons appearing to depict the…
Zohran Mamdani’s selective scrutiny
Within weeks of launching his campaign to be mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani declared that he was also…
Why Muslim-majority countries have turned against Iran
Swift condemnations have poured in from the Muslim world castigating Israel for bombing Iran. The UAE condemned Israel ‘in the strongest terms’,…
Reform’s burqa ban isn’t ‘Islamophobic’
MPs from Nigel Farage’s Reform party are calling for a burqa ban in Britain. Sarah Pochin, who won the Runcorn by-election…
Hamit Coskun’s life will only get harder now
Hamit Coskun has been found guilty of a ‘religiously-motivated public order offence’, after he burnt a Quran in front of…
The India-Pakistan ceasefire is a triumph for Trump
After more than four days of clashes since the early hours of Wednesday morning, India and Pakistan have agreed to…
Pakistan and India are on the brink
During the early hours of Wednesday, India launched airstrikes targeting nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing at least…
Why Kashmir’s jihadists are targeting tourists
At least 26 tourists were killed in a militant attack on the town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday.…
Why the Jaffar Express was hijacked in Pakistan
The Jaffar Express, a train with over 400 people on board, was hijacked in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday, leaving at…
Islamic homophobia and the death of the ‘first openly gay imam’
Muhsin Hendricks, the world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, was shot dead in Bethelsdorp, South Africa, on Saturday. While the police…
