The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the most sacred holy site in Christianity – it is built on the site of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial and resurrection, as Christians claim. According to the Bible, the ‘Holy Sepulchre’ refers to the tomb, venerated by early Christians, in which Jesus was reportedly buried after his supposed crucifixion….
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The Stories told by Western Media
Malcolm X once said that “if you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” This statement, although decades old, is still relevant in our world today: Western media is notorious for its one-sided narrative of international politics, ultimately limiting…
The European Paradox
French politics or European politics as a whole is vested, fixated on the notions of democracy, liberalism, and, in particular, secularism – the idea that the state is a separate entity from the religious clergy. To understand how secularism came to dominate the Western world, we must look back at history and its social movements….
Persecution of the Uighurs
There has been a lot of talk in the media about the Uighurs and the ruthless, inhumane persecution inflicted on them by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It’s interesting how Uighur persecution makes the media because it is in Western, American interests to attack the CCP and their policies. No talk about the persecution of…
Growing up Muslim in the West
Human beings have the innate, inherent need to conform, to fit it, to belong; it is a characteristic that is in-built into our psyche. As such, growing up as a young Muslim in the West comes with its vast list of challenges: will I look weird if I dress up more modestly, wear a hijab…
Injustice to the Palestinians – A Call for Justice when the World is Silent
(Source: Open Democracy, 2017) 27 days before the first Israeli rockets hurled to the ground and slaughtered hundreds of Palestine civilians, a group of Israeli police officers entered the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and cut the cables to the loudspeakers that broadcast Islamic prayers to worshippers (Kinsgley, 2021). This happened on the first day…
Thoughts on the French Hijab Ban
Recently, as part of France’s Anti-Separatism’ Bill, the French Senate has voted in favour of prohibiting the hijab on Muslim females under 18 in public. France justifies its blatant racism and marginalisation of the Muslim community by stating that the Hijab Ban is a method of uplifting French secular values and the founding values…
Muslim Women, Education and Leadership. Let’s defy the false stereotypes
There are often misconception that Muslim women are oppressed, forced to accept a life without education and are placed in oppressive gender roles. While Western media associates such false stereotyping with religion, the Islamic faith has never embraced such actions and has instead, prohibited the oppression of women in Scripture. Let me tell you this:…
We must Modify the Australian Judicial System in regards to the Treatment of Indigenous Australians.
We’ve all heard of the last words of George Floyd as he died under the knee of a police officer – “I can’t breathe”. Did you know that these same words were yelled 12 times by Aboriginal man David Dungay, who died in police custody while being restrained face-down? While Floyd’s killers were convicted,…
Disney should stop remaking its Classic Films
Recently, Disney, the creator of our wildest depths of human imagination, capable of morphing our childhood dreams into reality, has been reusing its classic films as automatic lucrative cash cows. Read on to find out why Disney should stop remaking its classic films. To my first point: remakes infringe on the intellectual and artistic legacy…