Let me clarify at the outset that I am one of those who have always respected, even campaigned for women’s right to all kinds of education, reproductive rights and right to earn through their own endeavours – of course within the parameters of Islam. But what has pained me is that these very rights have been and are being …

  The Methodist Church today voted to boycott all products from Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories becoming the first major Christian denomination in Britain to officially adopt such a policy. The decision was made at the church’s Conference in Portsmouth, an annual gathering which decides Methodist policy. The official stance of the church, the fourth largest Christian denomination in Britain, …

  The Israeli occupation of the West Bank is widely acknowledged to be unsustainable and costly to the country’s image. But one more blunt truth must be acknowledged: the occupation is morally repugnant. On one side of a barbed-wire fence here in the southern Hebron hills is the Bedouin village of Umm al-Kheir, where Palestinians live in ramshackle tents and …

The US intelligence agencies have come of age, it seems. After years of humiliation, shame and failures, they have struck gold. They have arrested ten people for allegedly spying for Russia. Another person was arrested in Cyprus and released on bail. However, he has gone missing since Tuesday. Is someone trying to resurrect the Cold War or trying to instill …

  I AM an American woman who was born in the midst of America's "Heartland." I grew up, just like any other girl, being fixated with the glamour of life in "the big city." Eventually, I moved to Florida and on to South Beach of Miami, a hotspot for those seeking the "glamorous life." Naturally, I did what most average …

As Nobel-Prize Peace-Prize Winning economist, philanthropist, and inventor of microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, turned 70 yesterday, elan celebrates 10 Muslim seniors (over-60) who are still making waves. Though there is no guarantee any of these individuals will be asked to host Saturday Night Live anytime soon, a la Betty White, still, their life-long achievements have proved them worthy of our life-long …