The Sad Case of Momin Khawaja in Canada
In the late 1970s, I came to Canada for higher studies in chemical engineering. I had the rare opportunity there of being taught by some of the professors whose former…
Habib Siddiqui
Donald Trump’s Deplorable Allegations Against Bangladesh
by Abdul A. Bhuiyan and Habib Siddiqui In times of war, truth is often the first casualty. The US elections are increasingly becoming the battle grounds where truth is sacrificed…
Where is India Heading to?
India is going through a phenomenal transformation politically, socially, and religiously. It is exciting. But it is also scary and quite different than the popular image of a Nehru-Gandhi’s India.…
Pakistan goes to the polls
Pakistan, the Muslim-majority country of 241 million, is about to vote in a civilian parliament on February 8. Sadly, its most popular democratic leader – Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan – will…
India goes to the poll – my thoughts
General elections are expected to be held in India between April and May 2024 to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Will this year’s elections deliver a change for better? The 2019 elections have transformed…
Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism
Is Zionism anything but crass racism? Do the Indigenous people have any right to exist in their homeland? Apparently not, if they are Palestinians who are evicted and killed by…
Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?
On 8 November 2023 three Palestinian human rights organizations filed a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to request arrest warrants against Israeli leaders—including Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu—for genocide. The file…
The Moral Bankruptcy of the ‘Amen Corner’
The third Republican presidential debate once again showed the ugly side of the Republican candidates. When the rest of the world, including millions of Americans here in the US, are…
An Open Letter to President Biden
Mr. President, More than 20 years ago, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American peace activist, was killed in Rafah by an American-made, Israeli-owned Caterpillar bulldozer. Her crime: she protested a demolition…
President Biden, Please, Drop the Charade
As millions of people have poured onto the streets around the world in support of the Palestinian people as Israel Defense Force (IDF) pounds Gaza non-stop since the surprise attack…
Book Review: Rohingya of the Arakan: Conflict, Crisis and Solutions
Book Review: Rohingya of the Arakan: Conflict, Crisis and Solutions by Nurul Islam (The Other Press, Kuala Lumpur, Paperback, 1st ed., 2022) The Rohingyas of Myanmar are a stateless people…
The Bastille Day fails to live up to its motto
The Bastille Day is celebrated as the national day of France on 14 July each year. It is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille prison on 14 July 1789, a major event of the French Revolution. Originally built…
Modi Lied to the US Public Once Again
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi spoke at the joint session of the US Congress on June 23. Modi became the second Indian Prime Minister after Manmohan Singh to be honored…
Canada Decodes Law and Justice to Torture Prisoners in Solitary Confinement: The Case of Mohammad Momin Khawaja
Imagine that you are incarcerated for 20 years of which you had spent 1400 days in a solitary cell having no contacts with anyone except your prison guard. Imagine that…
Does Facebook’s Zuckerberg have a ‘Muslim’ problem?
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, claims to be against the use of his popular social media portal for spreading hatred. He said that there “is no place…
Trump’s acceptance speech at the RNC epitomized scare tactics
On Thursday night (August 27, 2020) President Donald Trump of the United States delivered his acceptance speech as the presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention (RNC) that was held…
Xi Jinping’s ugly double face needs to be unmasked
A “state”, according to Max Weber, is “a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory” (WEBER, M.: “Politics as…
The Ram Temple Celebration in Modi-fied India
Last week, Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister, dressed like a priest-king in a saffron scarf and a silver crown performed a sacred ritual in the Ayodhya to found a…
Momin Khawaja – the forgotten Canadian detainee of 9/11
It has been almost 19 years since the USA, joined by its western allies (esp. the UK, Canada and Australia), launched the so-called global war on terror (GWOT) invading first…
Race still matters in the land of Lincoln
President Trump has taken credit for popularizing Juneteenth in an interview with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Thursday (June 19, 2020), stating that no one had ever heard…
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