• October 31, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Al-Aqsa Mosque and Israel’s colonial bullying

    The name of Hatem ibn Abdellah ibn Saad at-Taiy is recorded in Arab history as being the most generous of the Arabs, and is often used as a basis of comparisons and associated with many proverbs. The phrase: “More generous than Hatem,” is the most commonly used maxim when a person acts generously. The actual…

    Colonialism De-Colonial Palestine Politics
  • October 22, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Intifada or not: Occupation remains intact?

    News outlets are in overdrive, asking the question whether this is the third Intifada we are witnessing in Palestine or something else. Immediately, comparisons with the first or second Intifadas have taken center stage with a heavy focus on fear and the psychological condition of Israeli society, which is again facing “random” acts of Palestinian…

    Colonialism De-Colonial Palestine
  • October 15, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    On Muslim toleration

    In “A Letter Concerning Toleration” from exile in the Netherlands, John Locke articulated a truly liberal view concerning freedom of conscious that he hoped might help resolve Europe’s raging religious war that had killed millions. Europe’s religious conflicts and Christian sectarian wars raged in the 16th and 17th centuries with tumultuous debates centering on claims…

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  • October 12, 2015 | Turkey Agenda

    Palestine’s Wound

    Palestine, a gnawing wound eating away at the exposed soul and flesh of Palestinians living under occupation, is facing, yet, another orchestrated episode of Israeli military and settler’s violence. Where to begin the story in this well-designed Greek tragedy! We have multiple beginnings, detours, reverses, but for sure, no end in sight. Even if, a…

    Colonialism De-Colonial Palestine Race/Racism
  • October 5, 2015 | Turkey Agenda

    Palestine, President Abbas and Challenges in Ending Oslo!

    Palestinians are “no longer bound” by the Oslo agreement was President Mahmoud Abbas’ long awaited announcement at the United Nations General Assembly meetings underway in New York. Facing stalled and circular “peace negotiations” based on facts on the ground Israeli philosophy, massive expansion of settlements in the West Bank, mounting “price tag”, thuggish and racist…

    Colonialism De-Colonial Palestine
  • September 23, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Ahmed’s arrest caused by bigotry and Islamophobia

    The arrest of 14-year old Ahmed Mohamed in the Independent School District in Irving, Texas, illustrates the pervasiveness and normalization of Islamophobic responses that assume guilt before innocence. In this incident, Ahmed’s school principle, Dan Cummings, informed parents in a letter that the police were called to the campus in response to a “suspicious-looking item.”…

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  • September 17, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Wither the Arabs

    Perceptively, Al-Mutanabbi, an Arab poet from the Abbasid era, remarked in a poem, “Wounding a dead body produces no pain” since life itself is already expired and with it all senses are gone.” The first part of the verse spoke of those who conduct themselves disgracefully then accept indignity as a norm, becoming like a…

    Colonialism De-Colonial Islamic Politics
  • September 10, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Abraham: Persecution, refuge and renewal

    The hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca,-the Hajj, an ancient ritual traced all the way back to Abraham, is just around the corner and it is the perfect occasion to contextualize this year’s gathering with an eye on the unfolding refugee crisis. By no means is this the first time the world has witnessed a…

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  • September 3, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Donald Trump’s racism pushes Republicans further to the fringe

    The Aug. 31 Time Magazine cover had Trump’s image with the caption “Deal with it,” as if to say that the problem is with all of us and not with the candidate’s racism. Jorge Ramos, the anchorman of the largest Latino TV network, had to “deal with it” during Trump’s press conference when bullied out…

    Colonialism Politics Race/Racism
  • August 27, 2015 | Daily Sabah

    Climate change is a Muslim concern

    The Oct. 18 declaration in Istanbul formulated by the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium is a significant development and a right step to build Muslim consensus on the environmental crisis. The declaration came at a time when the earth, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, witnessed the hottest month of July on record….

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