Muslims might think to ask, “How should we define success?” This question is important because the desire to succeed is one of the most potent forces which drives our actions. …
Islamic Reaction: Strong, But Not Strong Enough
By Aliya Sultana (the writer lives in Boston, Massachusetts) The mass killings of Muslims in Bihar and other states of India has shocked the world. Muslims have held street demonstrations …
The Killing Fields of Bhagalpur
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 …
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 …
Bestiality in India
• Over 1,500 Muslims massacred by Hindus. • Official complicity in the genocide • Coverup reported, full investigation unlikely. Months after more than 1,500 Muslims were massacred in the Indian …
America’s “Manifest Destiny” in Panama
The history of Panama amazingly repeats itself. Panama has for long been a victim of the United States jingoistic foreign policy. Three major factors have dictated U.S. policy towards Panama …
Caste and Communalism in India: Are They Prescriptions for Civil War?
By Laxmi N. Berwa India is a vast country with a population of approximately 800 million. It has multitude of cultures, religions, languages and ethnic groups. As a matter of …
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 …
Claiming the ’90s for Muslim Youth
As a new decade begins and the passing one becomes history, I want to learn from past mistakes and look for an even better future for Muslims in general and …
India: The Task Before the New Government
An important task for the new government in New Delhi, led by Prime Minister V.P. Singh, is to restore minority confidence in a Hindu majority country. Now that Rajiv Gandhi …