• June 28, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Israeli war crimes and bringing an end to impunity

    On June 22, 2015, and almost a year after Israel’s assault on Gaza, the U.N. Human Rights Council independent commission of inquiry issued its report concluding that “serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law by Israel and by Palestinian armed groups” occurred during the war. The report, like many earlier internationally…

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  • June 24, 2015 | Turkey Agenda

    The Mirage of White Victimhood

    Dylann Roof, the terrorist that attacked and murdered 9 African American churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina framed his actions in a supposed defense of White people who are constructed as victims. In a posted internet manifesto, Dylann spoke of “integration” bringing “White people down to level of brute animals” and connecting it to the failing…

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  • June 22, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    America’s open secret: Racism and white supremacy

    Racism and white supremacy are deeply rooted in America’s social, cultural, political, economic and religious structures. American society is racially stratified with economic resources and foundational relations defined and shaped by it. Indeed, the racial hierarchy was embedded in society before America became America and it has never been undone despite claims of progress coming…

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  • June 14, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Le Pen at Al-Azhar and Muslim French citizens!

    The recent visit and official welcome by Al-Azhar to Marine Le Pen, the leader of the extreme right French National Front party, marks the lowest point in the standing of the venerable Sunni institution. At a time when Le Pen is unleashing an avalanche of xenophobic and Islamophobic attacks on disenfranchised Muslim and sub-Saharan African…

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  • June 8, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    OIC and the plight of the Rohingya

    The Rohingya join a long line of small, vulnerable minorities threatened with extinction. What makes their plight harder to accept, though, is that it is happening before our very eyes, unfolding on social media. We can speculate as to what will happen next, but we feel powerless to stop it. Worse, we appear unable to…

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  • June 7, 2015 | Turkey Agenda

    Immigration Crisis: The Collapse of the Post-Colonial State Part 5

    Earlier, I discussed the role played by banks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and elites in the global North and South in shaping the continued dependency in the post-colonial period. The next stage of this structured control and manipulation in the post-colonial state took a sharp trajectory after the end of the…

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  • May 25, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Sentencing Egypt to death and propping up the pharaoh

    The death sentence handed down by a Cairo court against Mohammed Morsi, the first democratically elected president of Egypt, is emblematic of the country’s transformation into a despotic and repressive military state. Since Abdul Fatah el-Sissi’s coup in July 2013, the Egyptian junta under his command has managed to kill thousands, imprison opposition members, sentence…

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  • May 23, 2015 | Turkey Agenda

    Immigration Crisis: The Collapse of the Post-Colonial State Part 4

    The 1980s witnessed the re-emergence of Cold War warriors and a renewed focus on defeating the Soviet Union, undoing the Iranian revolution and reversing any miniscule political changes in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Ronald Reagan’s election and reelection in the US and, with the Conservative Party’s return to power, Margaret Thatcher’s appointment as Prime…

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  • May 17, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Vatican’s recognition a signal of the global shift on Palestine statehood

    The recent Vatican announcement that it will soon sign a comprehensive treaty to recognize Palestine as a state is an important development and signals a shift in policy not only for the Holy See but also reflects a movement across the world to embrace a new approach. In the Annuario Poniticio, the official Vatican yearbook,…

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  • May 13, 2015 | Turkey Agenda

    Immigration Crisis: The Collapse of the Post-Colonial State Part 3

    At the start of the 20th century, almost 75% of the world’s land surface was subject to either direct colonization or some form of protected status. Africa and Asia were the private dominion of colonial powers with millions living and existing under the boots of pernicious colonial control relegating them to servitude, bondage and treated…

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