Shahid Buttar defines civic engagement and political activism as his life's purpose. He was in law school at Stanford and on his way to becoming an anti-trust lawyer until September 11 when the trajectory of his life changed dramatically. Now the executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Buttar sees his role as a leader in the Muslim …

Organised hypocrisy is relatively a new concept that is being studied by sociologists and political scientists. Nowhere is organised hypocrisy more visible than in international relations where states blatantly violate the very norms that they claim to be following in conformity with civilized behaviour. Sociologists and political scientists are never short of examples to prove that organised hypocrisy exists and …

The first thing people need to understand is that the economic crash wasn’t a crash for the people who caused it. In fact, these financial terrorists are now doing better than ever. In a recent report, titled “Social Inequality in America: Widening Income Disparities,” more evidence of the unprecedented transfer of wealth was revealed: “As of late 2009, the number …

We are setting this ship afloat today. There may be mutiny on board, I hope not. The sea may be stormy but the ship must sail on and enter the ports of poverty, hunger, unemployment, malnutrition, disease and seek to bring comfort to those who need it J.R. Jayewardene at first SAARC Summit December 8, 1985. The South Asian Association …

The court of appeal has ruled that the government cannot use secret evidence in the case being brought against it by Binyam Mohamed (above) and five other former Guantánamo Bay detainees over torture allegations. Photograph: PA The court of appeal has dismissed an attempt by MI5 and MI6 to suppress evidence of their alleged complicity in the torture and secret …