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Items by Tasnim Nazeer
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‘Hopefully my book can reach someone who can help the people who have been displaced from their homes in Syria’
Canadian-Syrian Zoulfa Katouh has become Bloomsbury publishing’s first Young Arab author of Syrian descent, she hopes her book will allow people to get a better understanding of the events in her homeland...
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Shireen Abu Akleh: the West remains shamefully silent, but we journalists must not
Respected Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed whilst covering a story in the Jenin refugee camp for Al Jazeera English. The veteran reporter was hit by a single bullet to the head by an Israeli sniper whilst wearing a “Press” jacket and helmet. Although Israel denies responsibility for...
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This Ramadan, we must continue to speak out against Palestinian suffering
Another blessed Ramadan is upon Muslims around the world, but this year also sees yet another spate of attacks inflicted upon innocent Palestinian worshippers in occupied East -Jerusalem. In the last week, scores of worshippers were attacked with rubber bullets, batons and tear gas, at Masjid Al Aqsa –...
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Double standards in reporting of Ukraine's refugees expose Eurocentric bias
Since the tragedy of war in Ukraine,, more than half a million people in the country have fled for safe sanctuary, as countries welcome refugees into safety, and rightly so. The reporting however, of this tragedy has seen double standards and Eurocentric bias that hold one group of human...
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French Elections: Muslims in France Struggle with Islamophobic Leaders
The 2022 French elections are due to be held on the 10th April this year, with over 40 candidates from across France contesting to lead the country. However, the main front-runners prove no reassurance to over 5 million of France’s Muslim population which has seen Islamophobia rise within the...
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The Muslim world must do more to help Uyghurs being persecuted in China
China has been accused of the genocide of its Uyghur Muslim population following testimonies of Islamophobia, violence, torture, rape and forcible detention in concentration-style camps. A recent independent tribunal held in London reached a unanimous verdict last month that “genocide” has indeed taken place against Uyghur Muslims, Tibetans and...
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Islamophobia is often fanned by the mainstream media; I have witnessed it
I was once told by someone I networked with that, “You really don’t have the right look with your hijab on.” The person was in a position of authority within Britain’s mainstream media. I am not the first visibly Muslim woman to be told this, nor am I the...
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The West’s deafening silence and double standards as it ignores the Palestinian struggle
A week has passed since Israeli forces attacked innocent worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque — the third holiest site in the Muslim world —using rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas and stun grenades. Yet the silence of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is deafening, despite the numerous human rights violations inflicted...
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Biden could end the war in Yemen
US President Joe Biden could end the war in Yemen if he acts without delay. Democracy was at the core of his election campaign during which he pledged, inter alia, to end his predecessor’s discriminatory policies, such as the “Muslim ban”. Biden also pledged to end US support to...
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Trump’s incitement led to the chaos on Capitol Hill, but democracy must prevail
Yesterday’s shocking scenes in Washington DC left the world reeling at the unprecedented sight of Trump supporters storming the Capitol Building. Rolling media coverage called the events many things, but not terrorism. A few pointed to Trump’s incitement and provocative statements as the cause. This was a blatant attempt...
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Trump has shown no regard for humanity by pardoning Blackwater guards
President Trump’s shocking pardoning of the Blackwater guards is a testament to his lack of humanity and his failure to bring perpetrators of the law to account. On 16 September, 2007, four guards from the private US military firm Blackwater fired at unarmed civilians in Baghdad, killing 14 civilians...
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Yemen could lose an entire generation of children to hunger, yet the world remains silent
Yemen is facing an unprecedented high level of malnutrition in children due to severe food shortages, as a direct result of war and the coronavirus pandemic. The United Nation (UN)’s latest survey estimates that 100,000 children aged under five in Yemen are at risk of dying. Heartbreakingly, this means...
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Children dying in the English Channel should be a wake-up call for Westminster
Two children were among four asylum seekers from the same family who were found dead in the English Channel this week as they tried to cross the busy shipping lane to get to Britain. The boat they were on board capsized during the journey from France. One member of...
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The lives of children in Yemen matter too; the war must end now
After five years of conflict, the crisis in Yemen has reached an unprecedented level whereby children are battling life and death. UNICEF has declared a state of emergency for Yemeni children who are facing starvation as a result of aid shortages which have devastated the country. Furthermore, millions of...
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Why Trump is targeting the ICC
The Trump administration in Washington has attempted repeatedly to block investigations by the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) in Afghanistan and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. These investigations are significant for probing into the conduct of American and Israeli citizens but the US President continues to find ways and...
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Italy must halt arms deal with Egypt to uphold human rights
The Italian government is facing calls to abandon its potential $11 billion arms deal with Egypt, which is notorious for its human rights abuses. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio noted that the deal had not yet been finalised, and that Italy should never have considered a deal with...
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Britain must address unlawful harm to civilians in Yemen
The war in Yemen has left many innocent civilians dead and is described as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Despite the ongoing scale of this brutal war, the suppliers of arms to Saudi Arabia have failed to address the unlawful harm to civilians in which they are...
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Why this Eid for Muslims around the world will be like no other
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Muslims around the world will experience an unprecedented Eid this year as for the very first time in history, Eid prayers in the mosque will be cancelled, leaving Muslims like myself having to pray from home. One of the fundamental elements of Eid is...
