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Iran’s supreme leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei has spoken. The election was carried out correctly; President Ahmadinejad’s victory over his main rival Mousavi reflects the wishes of the Iranian people. Others, including Western observers, too confirm this....
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In his article Islamic Iran’s determined self-assertion and self-sufficiency (Crescent, June ’09), Abu Dharr warns that Mu‘awiyah lurks beneath the surface. What Brother Abu Dharr feared came true after the recent presidential election in Iran. Mu...
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There is an organized campaign to target Sudan, Africa’s largest country — “Sudan faces destabilization” (Crescent, June ’09). Even though Christians constitute a tiny minority — 5% — of Sudan’s total population, the Western media delibera...
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Amid the growing confusion, it is good to read Brother Zafar Bangash’s articles on the Islamic movement. As a long time subscriber of Crescent, they remind us of the pacesetting writings of Dr. Kalim Siddiqui. We greatly miss his clarity of thought and ...
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Despite immense potential, Pakistan continues to stagger into crises. Its people are hard-working and would like to get ahead in life but the system is so oppressive that people’s genuine efforts are frustrated. In addition to corrupt and incompetent se...
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Away from the glare of media publicity, a massive robbery is underway in what is referred to as Iraqi oil contracts. An oil consortium led by British Petroleum (BP) grabbed the first contract on June 30 to develop the Rumaila oil field as dozens of ot...
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Both the US and its Zionist protege have increased the intensity of their rhetorical attacks against Islamic Iran. Last month, nuclear-armed Israeli submarines sailed through the Suez Canal, followed ten days later by Israeli warships crossing it into...
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In the six months since he took office, US President Barack Obama, using glib rhetoric, has attempted to refurbish America’s jaded image globally. It seems he is succeeding. He not only continues to enjoy high favorable ratings but many people bel...
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By Zafar Bangash Muslim political thought needs to be realigned to the Sunnah and Sirah of the Prophet (s). In Part II of his essay, Zafar Bangash, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought, looks at the consolidation of the Islamic po...
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By Zia Sarhadi When Americans are not winning hearts and minds by dropping 1,000-pound bombs on wedding parties or mud-hut dwelling women and children as they did in Farah province on May 4 killing 147 civilians, 93 of them children, they ...
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By Tahir Mustafa The brutal murder of a hijab-clad woman in a German court last month has once again exposed the deep-seated racism and Islamophobia that rage in Europe and North America. Marwa al-Sherbini, a 32-year-old German woman of Egyptian origi...
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By Zafar Bangash Post-election demonstrations in Tehran were used by the West as part of a carefully orchestrated plan to destabilize Iran with the ultimate aim of bringing down the Islamic government. Whether the organizers of opposition rallies were ...
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By Waseem Shehzad Each year August 14 is celebrated as Pakistan’s Independence Day. Flag-hoisting ceremonies are held in most major cities. Whether such ceremonies will be held this year as well given the turmoil gripping the country and the militar...
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By Yusuf Dhia- Allah The extent of Zionist war crimes in Ghazzah is slowly but surely emerging from the testimony of soldiers involved in the 23-day Israeli offensive launched on December 27, 2008. Much of this evidence was available to those willing ...
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By Fahad Ansari It was a moment of bravery, an act of defiance following decades of oppression that finally brought the plight of the Uyghurs in China to the attention of the world. A lone Muslim woman was dressed in hijab and jilbaab, hobbling on a cr...
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By Javed Zamir Capitalism and capitalists have no religion and no loyalty to anything or anyone except their personal financial interests. Profit margin is what drives them. Workers may not withdraw their labour in certain critical industries — heal...
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By our correspondent in Hong Kong The “ethnic violence” in East Turkestan, now referred to as China’s Xinjiang province which was first reported on July 5, again brought into light the plight of a forgotten section of the Ummah. Official...
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By Yusuf Abdullah All weapons are lethal because they are meant to kill but some are more lethal than others. Guns and bullets kill individuals but chemical, biological and nuclear weapons not only kill on a mass scale, they also cause ill effects that...
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By Tahir Mahmoud There is no closure or healing for mothers of victims of the genocidal Serbian war against Bosnia-Hercegovina from March 1992 to December 1995. Each July reopens these wounds afresh as the month is commemorated annually to highlight t...
