Finance In A Non-Banking World – Analysis
By Sarfraz Wali Introduction The world financial system came into global focus in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis that saw companies such as Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and…
New (Naya) Pakistan Or More Of The Same? – OpEd
By Dr. Syed Abdur-Rafay Amid exuberant calls of vote-rigging and protests seen in the recent elections in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) is poised to yet again…
Exploring The Role Of Caliphs And Popes – OpEd
By Sharique Naeem The history of Christian Europe and Caliphate of the Muslim civilization followed distinctive paths. Historians and even average students of history recognize this distinction. The structure of…
An Unconvincing Secularism At Karachi Literature Festival – OpEd
By Uthman Badar Some of the proposed topics of discussion at the Karachi Literature Festival which took place earlier this month caught my attention as I read about it in…
Pakistan: An Ideological Approach Towards The Economy – Analysis
By Moez Mobeen There seems to be a widespread consensus within Pakistan’s intelligentsia that Pakistan’s economy is in a mess. That this is indeed the case is something which is…
The Economic Growth Imperative Within Capitalism And The Islamic Viewpoint – Analysis
By Jamal Harwood and Sarfraz Wali Introduction There has been much discussion during the on-going financial crisis, on how to initiate a sustained recovery and the consensus shown by the…
The Malala Yusafzai Case: Debating With The Real Rightwing – OpEd
By Moez Mobeen The attack on the young Malala Yusafzai has morphed in to a debate about the future direction of Pakistan. Such debates are healthy for a society which…
Gaza: Between Rhetoric And Liberation – OpEd
By Farah Abdul Khaliq The new Hijri year is upon us, marking the 1434th year since Rasoolullah s.a.w. migrated to Madina and established the Khilafah. But instead of being in…
Taxing Times – OpEd
By Jamal Harwood Several large multinationals were embroiled in a tax scandal this past week as executives from Starbucks, Amazon and Google were hauled before the Commons public accounts committee…
Poppy Populism – OpEd
By Dr. Abdul Wahid A year ago my son’s class teacher told the class that wearing a poppy in November was to remember all those who have died in war…
Lance Armstrong And Jimmy Savile: How Government Surrended Charity To Celebrity – OpEd
Society should be asking the question; who should be charged with the caring for the mentally ill and the disabled? Should the responsibility of funding; the up keep, the treatment…
What The Jimmy Saville Scandal Tells Us About Modern Britain – OpEd
By Dr. Abdul Wahid This matter goes far beyond the case of one man. The market-driven attitude towards women, which treats them as commodities, is all too often justified as…
Dawkins The Agnostic And The Limitations Of Science – OpEd
By Sharif Hafezi Richard Dawkins is known throughout the world as a prominent advocate for atheism and evolution, however he admitted in February 2012 that he has some doubt over…
Modern Myths Explained: “Freedom Of Speech” – OpEd
Freedom of Speech – a universal value? By Dr. Reza Pankhurst Freedom of speech is the concept that one should be able to express themselves, whatever opinion they may hold.…
Beyond The Mursi Effect: Holding The Egyptian President To Account – OpEd
By Ali Harfouch Debate, discussion, and consultation are essential if Islamic activist are to draw and develop and elucidate a programme of liberation for the Muslim world following the tumultuous…
Obama Preaches Hollow Western Values At UN – OpEd
By Shafiul Haq “… freedom and self-determination are not unique to one culture. These are not simply American values or Western values – they are universal values… I know there…
Baiting Muslims And Islam As A Fundamental Principle Of The Republic? – OpEd
By Dr. Reza Pankhurst The deliberate provocation goes on. Charlie Hebdo published cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad in what will be considered by Muslims worldwide as a further gratuitous affront…
Western Civilization Is Not Universal – OpEd
By Moez Mobeen The Muslim world has risen once again over the blasphemous film insulting the Prophet of Islam. Although such blasphemous material against the Core beliefs and Creed of…
The Challenging Paradoxes Facing Morsi – OpEd
By Ali Harfouch It did not take long before the euphoria from our brother Muhammad Mursi’s[1] “victory” was clouded by the paradoxes and inconsistencies packaged with the illusion of power.…
The Egyptian Government Prepares For War – OpEd
By Reza Pankhurst The Egyptian government, led by President Mohammad Morsi, is currently preparing for war. While a few (naïve) analysts may have assumed that the first war declared would…
OIC Extraordinary Summit: Empty Unity In Absence Of Caliphate? – OpEd
By M A Niazi The call by Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Saud for an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Extraordinary Summit for August 14 and 15 in Makkah plays…
Beyond The Arab Spring – OpEd
By Sharique Naeem As the Arab spring continues to unfold, each event, is being analyzed closely by Politicians, Journalists, and Intellectuals both in the west and the east. The developments…
Afghanistan: America And NATO Misadventures – OpEd
By Abid Mustafa “The West has already failed in Afghanistan, just as the Soviets failed in the 1980s and the British way back in the nineteenth century.”–John Humphrys After having…
Pakistan’s Marriage With America Is Unsustainable – OpEd
By Abid Mustafa “They believe they have been let down by the leadership across the board, that they do not believe that the government is a truly independent government”—Tariq Pirzada…
Austerity And Globalization Of Poverty: Closing Chapter In Capitalism’s History? – OpEd
By Idries De Vries When back in the 1980’s the trend of “globalization” began, the general consensus amongst thinkers and politicians was that the spread of the economic system of…
Towards Liberty For Syria – OpEd
Ali Harfouch Towards Liberty for Syria: An Alternative Charter[1] “…and say: surely, this is my path…” A political actor is free if he is able to determine his own trajectory…
Betrayed: Aung San Suu Kyi And The Persecuted Rohingya Of Burma – OpEd
By Fahad Ansari The poster girl of the pro-democracy movement, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was this month touring Europe in the latest move to normalize Burma’s relationship…
The Illusion Of Islamic Victory In Egypt’s Presidential Elections – OpEd
By Farah Abdul Khaliq Islamic victory in Egypt, or an appropriate semblance? Egypt and the Muslims at large, at least those with Islamic sentiments are celebrating today; after years of…
Quest For Unity: EU’s Model And Islam (Caliphate) – OpEd
By Engr. Sharique Naeem The birth of Eurozone was hailed as a successful model of unity. It sought to accumulate Europe’s economic and political power, into one block. With years…
Obama’s Murder-By-Drone – OpEd
By Dr. Abdul Wahid The primary role of any American President is not national security – but to get himself re-elected. It is what drives his thoughts from the day…
Radical Perspectives On Lebanon – OpEd
By Ali Harfouch “…thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire not except against themselves, and they perceive [it] not….”[1]…
A Socialist Alternative To Crisis In Muslim World? – OpEd
By Shafiul Huq Even calling it a pipe dream would be an overstatement. The possibility of the return of Socialism in the Muslim world is as unreal as it is…
The Pentagon Conveyor Belt Of Enmity Towards Islam – OpEd
By Abid Mustafa “We are not at war with Islam”— President Obama It was only last month that Pentagon officials repeatedly implored Pastor Terry Jones not to burn copies of…
America And The War On Islam? – OpEd
There has been a long debate upon the issue of whether America has been waging a war against Islam or not since 9/11. Adding to the evidence of those who…
The Politics Of Tribulation – OpEd
By Ali Harfouch and Farah Abdul Khaliq Pragmatic policies and methods can only produce pragmatic responses and answers to critical questions related to principal and vision. Engagements with reformist movements are…
An Open Letter To Rashid Al Ghannouchi – OpEd
By Idries de Vries Sheikh Rashid, On the 23rd of October 2011, during the first “free”[1] elections in Tunisia following the departure of the tyrant dictator Ben Ali, the 60%…
Norway: Breivik And The Death Of Multiculturalism – OpEd
By Abid Mustafa Breivik the right-wing Norwegian extremist who admitted killing 77 people used court appearances to demand a “medal of honour” for killing “traitors” who had facilitated “Islamic colonization”.…
F1 Endorses Britain’s Bahrain – OpEd
By Reza Pankhurst The decision by Formula One to go ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix while the country is still in a state of ongoing unrest since the violent…
AfPak: Mutiny On The Bounty – OpEd
By Eric Walberg Kabul was cast into chaos Sunday as the Taliban began their spring offensive with attacks on US, British, German and Russian embassies, NATO headquarters, Camp Eggers, a…
Response To Cameron’s Speech In Indonesia – OpEd
Dear Mr Cameron, Your speech on Thursday 12th April 2012 in Indonesia was arguably one of the most dishonest and hypocritical political speeches I have ever heard. Your trip to…
Cameron, Cruddas, And Pay-Per-View Democracy – OpEd
By Dr. Abdul Wahid In common parlance the word used for trying to influence people’s actions by means of financial incentives is ‘bribery’. But in the world of democratic politics…
Ghannushi’s Political Paradoxes: The Islamic Secular?- OpEd
By Dr. Abdul Wahid In early March 2012, Rashid al-Ghannushi—the well-known thinker and leader of Ennahda, the political party that fared best in Tunisia’s recent elections—addressed a small audience from…
Whither The Nation-States? – OpEd
By Sharique Naeem The Law of a land governs the relationship of individuals within that Society; therefore, the law is central to any society as it is the yardstick for…
Sad Week Of Civilian Casualties: Clinton Adds Insult To Injury – OpEd
By Hodan Yusuf Last Sunday, many civilians in Afghanistan were shot dead in their sleep at point blank range by a US serviceman who had gone on a ‘killing spree’.…
The Post September 11 World: Today’s Clash – OpEd
By Hamzah Qureshi September 11, 2001 altered the global landscape in a manner that has had far reaching and lasting ramifications. However, history did not begin on September 11, 2001.…
British Government Abuse Of Jihad – OpEd
By Fahad Ansari The concept of jihad has never been an easy one to grapple with for British Muslims with various groups and individuals exploiting the language to justify all…
The Arab Spring To Caliphate: Echoes Of A Medieval Polemic – OpEd
By Hasnet Lais The Arab Spring, dubbed ‘a grotesque verbal distortion of the great Arab/Muslim awakening’ by The Independent’s Robert Fisk, has undergone a paradigm shift in the Egyptian context.…
The Illusion Of Economic Reform In The ‘New’ Middle East – OpEd
By Ali Harfouch Few Words of ‘Liberty’ Liberation cannot be reduced to economic justice, political independence, or free intellectual inquiry. To do so would be to limit servitude, the antithesis…
A Critique Of Natural Law Theory – OpEd
By Idries de Vries The ideology of the west (capitalism) is founded on the idea that man is capable of determining the good and the bad, and that he is…
Justice Is Supposed To Be Blind, Not Two-Faced – OpEd
By Dr. Abdul Wahid One of the things in the Islamic world that fuels a call for an Islamic system is the fact that it holds impartial justice to the…
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