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 the witnesses. One commentator described the questions put to Blair as being as cutting as a month old lettuce.
It is not really a surprise that Blair could easily brush aside his questioners. In his opening address to the enquiry Lord …

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 in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region at every opportunity.
Prior to this alleged incident the recent attack at the Fort Hood base was also tied to Yemen. On this occasion it again seems that it is Yemen’s turn. British Prime Minster Gordon …

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 (the day of judgement) and should make us more obedient to Allah (swt).
When the earth is shaken with its (final) earthquake. [TMQ Az-Zalzalah 99:1]
Islam also teaches us that these disasters are a test for us to see whether we rush …

Right-wing think tanks linked to political power in the United States were the recipe for the global war on terror.

There are more than 50 chapters in the Qur’an that mention various stories of the Prophets.