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Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan hosts National Palestine Conference in Islamabad

Pakistan’s national leadership, intellectuals, scholars and members of civil society convened on the 17th October 2023 in Islamabad, Pakistan, to issue a Joint Declaration on Israel’s brutal aggression on Gaza and West Bank.

America

In the line of fire between Canada and India

The unusual nature of Canada accusing India, a historically friendly nation and Commonwealth partner, of involvement in the murder of a Canadian Sikh political activist named Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil has taken global community by storm.

Blogs

Women and Success

A woman cannot be forced to pursue goals by her husband or any other human. They are free to make a choice and it is this free will that they will be held accountable for on the day of judgement.

Blogs

Women’s rights and discrimination against them

Islam has played an important role in advancing women’s rights throughout history, yet a lot of work is still left which needs to be done and in order to make sure that there is an equal treatment of women and they are being treated fairly in all aspects of life.

Asia

Turkiye’s recent earthquake and empathetic response from the Muslim world

In the aftermath of two deadly earthquakes that struck 10 provinces in southern Turkiye, many countries stepped forward to provide aid and assistance. International assistance has included medical supplies, medical staff, funding support, rescue teams, rescue dogs, high-tech equipment, heaters, and generators.

Asia

Pakistan’s Economy At Tipping Point

With the rupee in freefall and foreign exchange reserves dwindling, the country faces its worst balance of payments crisis, threatening to tip its fragile economy over the edge.

Europe

Earthquake in Turkey and NW Syria – UN Failure To De-politicize Aid

If the UN cannot put aside politics and act courageously in times of emergency, then Syrians and other civilians alike will continue to pay the price.

Defence and Security

Netanyahu facilitating violence against Palestinians

Netanyahu is “giving the green light for all Israelis to inflict violence upon Palestinians with full impunity”…

Asia

Jamaat-e-Islami in its own words

Political Islam represent the last heroic stand of Muslim cultural resistance to galloping globalization with an American accent? Or does it represent the beginning of a new synthesis of Islam with con­temporaneity, enabling Muslim society and culture to move into the new millennium more confident of its own cultural foundations?

Defence and Security

Turkey-Israel relations and what they mean for the Palestinian cause?

The Turkish government has often used its support for Palestine as a means of rallying support among its domestic constituents, and has taken a leading role in efforts to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through diplomatic means….

Asia

Muslim World And The Unbreakable Chains of Mental Slavery

The world is a forest of symbols but in the case of the Muslim world, it is a forest of symbols of mental slavery of the West for the past 200 years.

Afghanistan and Central Asia

Afghanistan making progress on women rights as per UN Delegation

A delegation from the United Nations, led by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, held talks with senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan regarding women’s rights.

Middle East and North Africa

Middle East in 2023 – What to look out for?

Overall, the Arab region is experiencing significant political and strategic changes, and that these changes are likely to continue in the coming years. It suggests that the formation of new alliances and the shifting balance of power will have significant implications for the region and beyond…

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America

Alcohol, the Mafia and Superiority of Islamic Law

The secular Prohibition in the US didn’t have the desired effects, yet it gave rise to the mafia, whereas the Shari’ah has been “prohibiting” alcohol for centuries without ever witnessing any kind of rise of a criminal class like the mafia.

Asia

Taking stock of Pakistan’s current landscape and her future

The mutual accusations of political parties and suspicion of the impartiality of the judiciary on the basis of certain decisions of the judiciary is also a very worrying aspect of national life. As a result of this, even those constitutional institutions, which were looked at with hope and thought that at least justice would be possible from there, are now being subjected to open public criticism.

Afghanistan and Central Asia

UAE engages Afghan Taliban as Qatar hesitates

The UAE wants to keep communication open with the Taliban and cultivate influence with the younger, more moderate members of the movement.

Culture and Civilization

Qur’an-burning: Europe struggles to draw lines

Given these very clear anti-Muslim views, Paludan’s repeated act of burning the Qur’an is driven by Islamophobic hate. Book burning in this context “becomes symbolic murder, or symbolic destruction”.

Asia

Opinion: Jamaat-e-Islami’s role in international relations

This is a summary of the original paper published by Council on Foreign Relations titled “International Relations of an Islamist Read more…

America

Why are American soldiers reverting to Islam?

The conversion stories of American soldiers to Islam while serving in Muslim-majority countries should be considered as the best advertisement for the religion of peace…

Defence and Security

US to avoid forcing Israel’s hand on rising violence

the current US administration is unlikely to change its stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The US support for Israel is based on its strategic interests in the region rather than human rights considerations.

Afghanistan and Central Asia

Afghanistan making progress on women rights as per UN Delegation

A delegation from the United Nations, led by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, held talks with senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan regarding women’s rights.

Afghanistan and Central Asia

US War Crimes in Afghanistan: Tragic New Findings

The US’s twenty-year foray into Afghanistan created a vicious cycle of violence, which necessitated installing corrupt, puppet leaders and branding the war to legitimize it..

Asia

BBC Documentary highlights Modi’s systematic violence against Muslims in Gujrat

The recent BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat anti-Muslim pogrom provides further evidence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s responsibility for the violence and the coordinated nature of the attacks.