The bravest man I met in Afghanistan has died. Here's what he taught me.
During weeks like this one, when it seems the gains of the last 14 years are severely under threat in Afghanistan, I think of Afghan Col. Mohammad Daowood. For almost two years, I watched Daowood and...
View ArticleDebacle, Inc. How Henry Kissinger Helped Create Our “Proliferated” World
By Greg Grandin September 28, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - "TomDispatch"- The only person Henry Kissinger flattered more than President Richard Nixon was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran....
View ArticleWould Muslims get better jobs if employers didn’t know they were Muslim?
Roughly 4 percent of Britain's population is estimated to be Muslim. However, British Muslims are conspicuously absent from many of the country's top professional roles. If the information related by...
View ArticleRemaking the World in Greater Israel’s Image From American Occupations to...
By Dan Sanchez September 22, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - "Medium" - However they want to address the issue, most people are horrified at the refugee crisis now besetting Europe, with its scenes...
View ArticleEurope's moral panic about the migrant Muslim 'other'
The "New Jungle" Philippe Huguen / AFP/Getty Images Thousands of migrants--most seeking desperately to get to England--have set up camps at a site nicknamed the "New Jungle," in Calais, France....
View ArticleThe Muslim Britons who are persecuted for being atheists
Many people take for granted the right to choose to leave the religion of their childhood. But not everybody has that choice, writes Samira Ahmed. It sounds like a crime from a medieval history book....
View ArticleThe Hajj Stampede Exacerbates Saudi-Iranian Tension
Co-written with Daniel Wagner, CEO of Country Risk Solutions Saudi Arabia's legitimacy in the Muslim world is largely rooted in the kingdom's role as the "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" in Mecca...
View ArticleBlood, dreams and gold: or how Burma’s past has caught up with its future
The peg for my new book about Burma, Blood, Dreams and Gold: The Changing Face of Burma, is the general election in the South-East Asian country on November 8th. This will surely capture the world’s...
View ArticleSuicide Squad: Just How Insane Is Jared Leto's Joker?
While Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice may be the next highly anticipated DC movie coming out over the next year, the performance that seems to have most people excited is Jared Letos take on The...
View ArticleFrom Globe to global: a Shakespeare voyage around the world
Anti-apartheid hero, Nazi favourite, Bollywood inspiration – no other writer’s work is embedded in such a variety of cultures, and today takes such different forms...
View ArticleHajj stampede: People will still put themselves at risk - senior British Muslim
Pilgrims will continue to put themselves at risk following the horrifying crush at the holy city of Mecca that killed more than 700 people, according to a senior British Muslim who is not confident...
View ArticleUDA re-emerges amid Northern Ireland's power-sharing crisis
Statement from loyalist terror group says it ‘won’t be leaving’ as talks continue to save devolution after crisis sparked by alleged IRA killing...
View ArticleFilm world's rare focus on loyalism often hazy
Look fella, it's a nasty business, but this sort of thing has to be done, for the country's sake. Right?" So runs a line spoken by Kenny, the main character in Thaddeus O'Sullivan's 1995 film Nothing...
View ArticleCameron to confirm police will record anti-Muslim hate crimes
Government aims to reassure Muslim communities of balanced strategy with hate crimes being treated as seriously as antisemitism and Muslim extremism...
View ArticleBritain’s leader: Stop making excuses for terror
Excerpted from British Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech Wednesday to the 2015 Tory Party Conference. Every day, in every way, Great Britain lives up to its name. And I know this: We can make it...
View Article“By Means Fair or Foul”: the British Army and Jeremy Corbyn
“There would be mass resignations at all levels and you would face the very real prospect of an event which would effectively be a mutiny.” — Unnamed British General, Sunday Times, Sep 20, 2015 Having...
View ArticleTaliban militants storm major Afghanistan city
Taliban fighters battled their way into the centre of Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan on Monday and seized the provincial governor’s office, in one of the most serious security breaches in 14 years...
View ArticleSomali militants vow to welcome British peacekeepers 'with fire'
By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's militant Islamist group al Shabaab pledged on Tuesday to greet British troops "with fire" when they arrive to provide support to a peacekeeping force in...
View ArticleArguments about Scotland were for another day
It is not all that long since David Cameron triumphed at an election; somewhat unexpectedly, as he reminded his party's conference in Manchester. But plainly his thoughts are already turning to the...
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