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Items by Mohammad Aaquib
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The Kiswah in Epstein’s world: Paedophilia, orientalism and power
The disclosure that pieces of the Kiswah, the sacred cloth covering the holy Kaaba, were shipped to Jeffrey Epstein should not be an investigative curiosity lost among court proceedings. It is a blasphemous scandal that exposes how power operates through violation. According to unsealed correspondence cited in recent reporting, multiple…
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Saleh al-Jafarawi, the Doghmush clan, and the illusion of ceasefire
Saleh al-Jafarawi was abducted and executed by members of the Doghmush clan—an anti-Hamas faction within Gaza. He was not killed in battle, but in a context of internal militias acting under external influence. This stark fact deserves to be front and center, because it exposes a quiet architecture of violence…
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Two years of operation Al Aqsa Flood: How Sinwar accelerated the redefinition of world order
When Yahya Sinwar initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on 7 October 2023, he set in motion a chain of events that would fundamentally reshape the global geopolitical landscape. What began as a defensive action to protect Masjid Al-Aqsa from Israeli intrusion has evolved into a transformative moment in modern history—one that…
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From freedom to global sumud: The diplomatic and historical significance of aid flotillas for Gaza
For nearly two years now, Gaza has been turned into an island of death and silence. Surrounded on land, choked from the sky, and sealed from the sea, the enclave has been transformed into the largest open-air prison on earth. Starvation has been deliberately engineered, with UN reports confirming that…
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Charlie Kirk’s manufactured martyrdom and the test for American Muslims
Charlie Kirk did not fall to some inexplicable tragedy; he became a casualty of the very political culture he spent his career defending. For years he mocked gun reform advocates, derided the grieving families of shooting victims, and sanctified weapons as the beating heart of American freedom. Yet in a…
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Hollow tokens of conscience: The hypocrisy of ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’
Recently, a film about Hind Rajab, the young Palestinian girl mercilessly slaughtered by the Israeli army, premiered at the Venice Film Festival and received a long standing ovation. The image of her story being dramatized for international audiences was celebrated as a moment of “awareness.” Yet one must ask: what…