by Aysha Qamar Update: According to Shelby County Jail booking information, the five Memphis police officers fired last week were jailed and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, and kidnapping, The Washington Post reported. The arrest follows Memphis police announcing their plans to release the body-camera footage this week. Even as investigations into the brutal death of Tyre Nichols […]

By Yousuf Ali The Harvard Kennedy School had offered former Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth a fellowship with the school. In what was supposed to be a formality for what had already been offered, Kennedy School dean Douglas Elmendorf refused to sign off on Roth’s offer, initially denying him a fellowship because of allegedly […]

By Yousuf Ali On Thursday, January 19, Jacinda Ardern made two announcements: the New Zealand general election will be on October 14th, 2023 and she would resign as leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister of New Zealand. She cited personal reasons for doing so including marrying her long-time partner and her daughter starting […]

By Yousuf Ali Egypt has been struggling with its economic condition partially because of the macroeconomic situation but also because of the mismanagement of the economy by its rulers. Furthermore, despite the state’s usual unwillingness to acknowledge problems within the country, the Egyptian government is still reporting high inflation figures. According to Al Jazeera “The […]

By Mahvish Akhtar The Taliban administration in Afghanistan announced a ban on female aid workers on December 24th, 2022. This ban came just a week after the ban on wo. The Taliban also closed girls’ high schools in March 2022. In a gathering in Kabul, Taliban officials had a meeting with private-school directors, clerics, and community […]

Reviewed by Yousuf Ali I had the privilege of reading Jonathan Brown’s latest book Islam and Blackness. It is an impressive volume that addresses race issues in Islam from multiple angles. As usual, Brown demonstrates his erudition and knowledge of multiple languages in the citations he has. Furthermore, he does a good job of refuting […]

By Mahvish Akhtar Followers and members of PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party) will tell you that the Bhutto name will never die; It lives on. They live in the hearts, minds, and souls of the public. The Dynasty is celebrated and loved by millions in the country; however, death and destruction have followed this family. The […]

By Bashir Mohamed Caato Samsam Ahmad’s children, eight and 12, were inconsolable. They had just found out that their school in the Swedish capital Stockholm was closed down, leaving their mother at a loss of how to explain why they would no longer be with their friends in the new school year. In July, Ahmad, like […]

by Apoorvanand Reposted from The Wire The fact that demands from Sikh bodies to mark ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ as ‘Sahibzade Martyrdom Day’ were ignored reflects the BJP-RSS’s open disdain towards Sikh tradition. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Union Minsters Hardeep Singh Puri, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and others […]

by Dr. Aslam Abdullah In defiance of God, they describe as their source of legitimacy, and in violation of the Prophet, they swear to follow; the ruling Taliban have announced that female students would not be allowed to access the country’s universities until further notice. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education […]