http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag The International Islamic Political Magazine Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:34:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On January 28th several world leaders gathered in London to plan their next steps in the failed campaign in Afghanistan.While the drums of war have started beating over Yemen (the subject of our feature article this issue), the latest Afghani surge is still to be implemented and the chaos of ... http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag/editorial/editorial-february-2010 David Cameron is highlighting Britain's “broken society” as an election issue.The Tory leader cited recent research that “among the richest countries, it’s the more unequal ones that do worse according to almost every quality of life indicator”. Among 21 developed countries, the Guardian found Britain does worst on child wellbeing and ... http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag/news-bites/%e2%80%9cbroken-britain%e2%80%9d A French parliamentary commission has called for a ban of the wearing of the face veil (niqab and burqa) on the grounds that they threaten France’s republican values of secularism and equality. Not only to be banned in public places but veil wearers or others that displays outward signs of ... http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag/news-bites/veiled-threats Its estimated that the US killed at least 700 civilians in Pakistani Drone strikes in 2009. While the number of “targets” hit is estimated at 5, both numbers are unverified. Barack Obama promised there would be a dramatic escalation of the aerial bombardment of Pakistan’s tribal areas and didn’t disappoint the ... http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag/news-bites/drone-attacks-kill-700 Amidst great fanfare and hype Tony Blair took to centre stage at the Chilcot enquiry into the Iraqi invasion on the 29th of January.The Chilcot enquiry has been widely criticized as a gentle discussion shop with little in the way of inciteful or probing enquiry and even weaker cross-examining of ... http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag/news-bites/bliar%e2%80%99s-war In the aftermath of the alleged failed terror plot to target a US airliner involving the Nigerian born Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab the finger of blame has most surprisingly been pointed at Yemen. Up until now the world had become used to American and British government rhetoric blaming ‘terrorists’ based ... http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag/article/yemen-the-next-piece-of-the-colonial-jigsaw Images from the aftermath of last Wednesday’s magnitude seven earthquake in Haiti vividly highlight the huge human tragedy and desperation of the survivors. Such events remind us all of human frailty and weakness while Allah (swt) remains the All Powerful. Disasters like these should remind us all of yawn al-qiyama ... http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag/article/after-haitis-earthquake-what-will-change Right-wing think tanks linked to political power in the United States were the recipe for the global war on terror. Now history seems to be repeating itself as Britain heads for a general election and a new generation of war-mongers looks set to assume office. Very few people had heard of ... http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag/article/britain%e2%80%99s-neocons All Praises are due to Allah (swt), we bear witness nothing is worthy of worship except for Him, and we bear witness that the Prophet Mohammad (saw) is His slave and Messenger. There are more than 50 chapters in the Qur’an that mention various stories of the Prophets. From Musa and Banu ... http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag/article/the-prophets-of-allah-swt-in-the-quran In the final weeks of 2009, world leaders alongside thousands of delegates attended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit.This was billed as the summit to save the planet, whereby an international accord set by binding promises to reduce global CO2 levels would have ... http://www.khilafah.eu/kmag/article/from-copenhagen-to-brokenhagen-%e2%80%93-so-who-will-save-the-environment