COVID vaccine: Is it Halal or not?
It’s not only the Muslims, even Hindus and Jews have raised questions about the use of the COVID vaccine, due to prohibited substances in its composition.
Even before the COVID vaccination process starts in India. The Indian Muslims have courted another controversy. The question is whether they’ll be amenable to get vaccinated or not, as there are reports that the proposed vaccines may not be halal as per the Islamic dietary laws. Muslims, Jews and even Hindus have questioned the composition […]
Brexit: Finale at last!
The British public will have to face the repercussions of the sordid Brexit saga, mostly based on lies, during the pandemic times.
On 31 December 2020, at 11 pm UK time and 12 pm Brussels time, four years, 27 weeks and two days after a referendum that split the UK almost down the middle in 2016, the curtains on the Brexit saga, finally came down, as the UK left the embrace of the European Union (EU) in […]
Adieu 2020, Welcome 2021
2020 set many new paradigms, which may be the norm in the coming years, too.
Perhaps the humans have awaited no other year’s end so eagerly across the world as that of 2020. Similarly, no other event in the recent history has had such a far-reaching impact as that of the coronavirus pandemic, on the world and its inhabitants. The year 2020 had so many time-tested patterns and living styles […]
Global Britain
Global Britain is the new strategy through which UK aspires to re-emerge as a key player at the global stage. The question is whether it will be able to?
The recent bonhomie between India and the UK, during the continuing Covid pandemic indeed comes as a real surprise. The Indo-UK bilateral ties during the recent times can’t be labelled as one very strong or warm. One reason for this might be due to the wrong decisions or priorities set by the continuing British governments. […]
Movements that symbolise peoples’ power
Arab Spring and Shaheen Bagh sit-out emerge as two examples of popular and strong peoples’ movements in the recent history.
The past week marked the tenth and first anniversary of two different events, both starting off as a protest against the ruling regime and in turn snowballing into massive movements. The first, the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ marked its tenth anniversary and the second, the Shaheen Bagh sit-out its first anniversary. Let’s have a look how […]
Jerusalema!!!
The song Jerusalema celebrates life and is full of joie de vivre.
Sometimes you are too bogged down by lethargy or feel really unconcerned by the happenings around the world and don’t feel like pounding at your laptop, dishing out highly opinionated pieces on mundane world issues. Perhaps this might be due to the gloomy atmosphere prevailing throughout the world for the last 10 months, or might […]
Post-pandemic economic growth dominates G-20 Summit
The Riyadh Summit focussed both on handling the pandemic and the global economic recovery.
The virtual G20 Summit in Riyadh, which was organised under the direct supervision of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS), was indeed able to showcase the leadership capability of the Kingdom on the global stage. As expected, the coronavirus pandemic topped the agenda of the two-day Group of 20 major economies, with countries […]
Indian Madrassas – A Need for Reorientation
If the Indian madrassas could reorient themselves, it may silence their critics besides influencing the government to support these initiatives.
The first institute of Islamic Madrassa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa in Makkah, where Prophet Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers. After Hijrah (migration) to Madina the Madrassa of ‘Suffah’ was established on the east side of the Al-Masjid […]
Changing Equations Globally
Joe Biden’s win will have a definite impact on America’s relationship with other countries across the globe.
Twenty years after the nail biting Bush-Al Gore electoral fight in 2000, the recent Trump-Biden presidential contest was perhaps the most watched and nerves wracking electoral fight till the victor was declared. It were not only the Americans who had a lot at stake in this year’s presidential election. During the last four years many […]
France and Islam
The French attacks on Islam and its Prophet are nothing new, we only have to peep a little bit into the past, to find the roots of this hatred.
The recent storm over the inflammatory statements against the Holy prophet and Islam itself, by the French President Macron has set the Muslim world on fire. Leaders of all hues and denominations have condemned the so-called latest attacks on Islam. The outcry as expected follows a similar pattern after any anti-Islam incident takes place in […]
