By Omar Afzal The massacre of innocent Muslims in Bhagalpur City and surrounding villages in the last week of October 1989 may be added to a very short list of …
Explaining Who We Really Are
The West’s Islamophobia never ends. As communism exiles itself into history; the West is tirelessly talking about “Islamic fundamentalism” as its new archenemy. In recent months, the Western news media …
In Mandela, Americans Celebrate Their Own Victory Over Racism
He came, he saw, he conquered. That’s how Nelson Mandela concluded his trip to the United States. To Americans, who love celebrities to the extent that they often create them, …
The Cry for Justice in Bhagalpur
That it took India several months to fathom the depths of anti-Muslim bestiality in Bhagalpur tells something important about its attitude towards the country’s largest religious minority. Although some estimates …
From Jahiliya to Jihad: The Story of Arabs in Israel
“We belong to the area called the Arab Triangle, which is in the center of the holy land… King Abdullah gave us, land and people, to Israel in 1949… Since …
Beginning a New Decade, With Help From the Old
Those of us who have survived the 1980s will remember it for major upheavals in the world. From the Iran-Iraq War to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Israeli bombings …
Must Lessons of History Be Disregarded?
With this issue we enter a new decade, both Christian and Islamic, and prepare for a final hop into the 21st century. 1410 years of Muslim history has taught us …