Tag: Pakistan
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From Periphery to Centre Stage: Regime Cynicism and Civil War in the Muslim World
Politically engaged Muslims often lament the lack of governments with independence, justice, strength, functional institutions, and attention to Islamic principles. This problem owes much to foreign interference, subversion, and attempts to exert control over Muslim-majority countries as part of the general neocolonial pattern of a “Western”-constructed global order. Yet to some extent, the problems of…
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‘Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition’: A Book Review
Shahla Hussain’s work, Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition, presents a fresh perspective on post-partition Kashmir, moving beyond political and ideological narratives. The book highlights the diverse meanings of “Azaadi” (freedom) throughout history, amplifying the voices of local Kashmiris who share a collective sense of Kashmiri identity that transcends national boundaries. It explores the entwined…
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Enoch Powell and the British Muslim
This is part two of a two-part series. “The evil that men do lives after them / the good is oft interred with their bones.”