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Skyscrapers and fancy malls exist all around the world, but the Gulf States are unique in creating a system of labour exploitation where workers are treated as mere chattel. Read more
Skyscrapers and fancy malls exist all around the world, but the Gulf States are unique in creating a system of labour exploitation where workers are treated as mere chattel. Read more
My latest op-ed can be found in last Sunday's Chicago Tribune. It is a response to all those who call for Muslims to march in the streets against terrorism. Read more
In 2007, the hajj experience was transformed by tragedy and globalization. Will today's Mecca preserve the spiritual experience of years past? Read more
If Muslim-Americans were able to pull off a grand protest, would it curtail the rise of extremism? Would the terrorists care what we thought? And would it make the average non-Muslim American feel more secure? Read more
Are Muslim social networking sites viable and competitive enough to attract Muslim users from MySpace and Facebook? A group of new websites feels it is up to the challenge. Read more
Perhaps the world can come to realise that the real war is between those who believe in the ultimate sanctity and value of a human life and those who do not. Read more
Getting to heaven is tough work, and it requires a lifetime of struggle against human weakness and temptation (along with God's grace), not the press of a button on a suicide belt. Read more
The vague definition of "effective support" for terror in the Holy Land Foundation trial creates a zero-tolerance policy that can be applied to any type of support - even moral - for beleaguered Muslims overseas. Read more
The Lal Masjid debacle raises the question of what exactly the relationship is between Islam and Pakistan, and between the state and the citizen. Is Pakistan a secular or a sacred state? Read more
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War with Iran: America’s “single-country challenge”
Shirin Saeidi, of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII), speaks to us about the prospects of war with Iran and how we underestimate the complexity of Iranian society Read more