The International Islamic Political Magazine
The recent political assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai has raised the issue of state terrorism – Governments using cold-blooded murder to eliminate political opponents. The specter of state sponsored killings harks back to an age of lawlessness where the law of the jungle reigns supreme. Intelligence agencies, spy drones, car bombs are just some of the means states have used to kill political adversaries and with them family members, wives and children as well as bystanders. Such assassinations avoid due process and the rule of law: holding trials, calling …
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86 years ago, in March 1924, we witnessed the demise of the Khilafah and the establishment of colonial rule in Muslim lands.
On Wednesday 3rd February 2010, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a scientist
In the hit Fox TV thriller “24” Counter Terrorism agent Jack Bauer
Governments around the world welcomed in the second decade
Asalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatahu
If this edition of Khilafah magazine has a theme, it is that the articles highlight the bankruptcy of the Western ideology. It is a way of life that has spent decades asserting its moral superiority on the myth that it believes in human rights, the free market, the rule of law, rights for women, democracy and international law.Yet, events show ever more clearly that Capitalism does not believe in these things in the way it claims. Rather, it views these matters as ‘fair-weather friends’; …
On the eve of UK elections British politicians have been embarrassed by a sting campaign that has highlighted the close relationship between political lobbyists and former high ranking cabinet ministers. Labour and Conservative politicians were recorded literally falling over themselves to offer their services to companies for gaining access to the corridors of power.
Former Defence Minister Geoff Hoon was egregious in offering himself to companies seeking to conclude lucrative defence contracts through his inside knowledge of the upcoming defence review. Former transport secretary Stephen Byers boasted of how he had …
America’s double standards were once again exposed in February when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked a simple question, by a student, regarding Israel’s nuclear weapons during a meeting in a Saudi college. Mariyam Alavi, a 12th grader in Jeddah asked Clinton: if the Americans “so vehemently oppose Iran’s nuclear program, then why isn’t the US asking Israel to give up their nuclear weapons?”
It was a straight forward question, perhaps on the minds of millions of people around the world. However, during her three day trip to Qatar …
A recent UK Home Office report warns that children are being ‘over-exposed to sexual imagery’. It highlights a change in perception in young people of themselves, with boys becoming more macho and girls presenting themselves as permissive and sexually available.The report, makes 36 recommendations amongst these are to implement parental controls on mobile phones, video games and a ban on ‘sexualised’ music videos before the TV watershed.The author of the report, Dr Linda Papadopoulos, said that “Both the images we consume and the way we consume them are lending credence …
On 25th February,Ahmadinejad the Iranian President flew to Damascus for talks with Bashar al-Assad days after the US appointed an ambassador to Syria after a five-year gap – a move seen by some as the start of a diplomatic thaw. During the talks they renewed their alliance with each other by introducing a reciprocal “No Visa policy” for their citizens.They repeated their opposition to Israeli hostility and US interference in the region.
Some may argue this is a gesture towards unity amongst Islamic countries or even dare one say it, a …
