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2021: A Platform for Human Fraternity
As 2020 comes to a close, we find ourselves looking back at one of the most turbulent years in recent memory. The global pandemic...
Why Pakistan, not India was added to US religious black list
India was categorised as a “Tier 2 country” in last year’s listing. But the State Department notification, now issued, does not name it among...
France, Belgium and Austria Move into the Frontline of a Battle for the Soul of Islam
Punching above its weight, the United Arab Emirates is wielding a combination of religious soft power, commercial and economic sway, and hard power in...
Global Experts To Convene Online To Discuss Values In A Post-Covid World
Leading Islamic scholars and experts from around the world, representing government and civil society will convene online to attend the seventh assembly of the...
Status of Minorities in Pakistan
In February this year, Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, posted a tweet condemning the Delhi riots and stated that anyone who targets the non-Muslim...
UAE and Israeli settlers find common ground in Jerusalem
Weakened by Joe Biden’s electoral defeat of US President Donald J. Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu risks being caught between a rock and...
Death of the Living Goddess: How Menstrual Stigma Ends Divinity in Nepal
In 2018, iconic Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman paid a visit to Nepal for his National Geographic documentary series ‘The Story of God,’ which featured...
From Islamism to Transcendentalism
Thomas Carlyle’s political philosophy can be applied to inform Islamism and the construction of a post-Islamist political doctrine. This is because Carlyle’s conception of...
Israel and its Arab citizens
A topic rarely dealt with in the press is the situation between Jewish and Arab (Christian and Muslim) Israeli citizens. On April 26, 2020,...
Incompatible civilizational values as catalysts for conflict in the West
Why do trivial matters such as cartoons lead to disproportionately horrific violence? Why did the perpetrators of violence choose to do what they do...