Category Archives: History

One Caliph to rule them all

By Ziryab | Published: August 18, 2010
This is a re-post of an article by Rashad Ali first posted on 18/07/09 **** Hizb ut-Tahrir; Jamaat-e-Islami; Ikhwan al-Muslimeen and al-Qaeda all have, as a fundamental aim; the establishment of a global dictatorship under the rule of one Caliph, an autocrat, who will impose one interpretation of the Shar’iah over the entire globe. They intend to [...]
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The Mughal Caliphate

By Ziryab | Published: August 14, 2010
This is a re-post of an article by Raziq first posted in January 2010 **** Islamist groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir, Al-Muhajiroun and the Muslim Brotherhood claim that Muslims were ruled by a single political leadership which started from the time of the Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century and lasted until the last days of the Ottoman [...]
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The Mad Mullahs

By Faisal | Published: July 22, 2010
On March 30 1953, TIME published an article called The Mad Mullahs on extremist sectarian violence that had erupted in Lahore. It places the blame squarely on the  activities of the ‘Ahraris’. In 1953 the term ‘Islamist’ had not yet been coined but the events that are described are almost identical to sectarian violence perpetrated [...]
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Wish you were here

By Faisal | Published: July 20, 2010
Pictures from Afghanistan from a bygone age before it was decimated by the Soviets, the USA, Hafizullah Amin and, much later, the Taliban. Big hat tip: Tarek Fatah
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Bangladesh’s Quest for Justice

By Guest | Published: April 1, 2010
This is a cross-post of an article by Salil Tripathi for the Caravan Magazine of India. It is long (7000 words) but it is balanced, moving and well worth reading. **** A QUARTER CENTURY AGO I met a man who calmly told me how he had organised the massacre of a family. He wasn’t confessing out of [...]
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Sad, Paranoid and Delusional

By Guest | Published: March 5, 2010
This is a re-post by of an article by Raziq first posted in August 2009 **** Fear mongering seems to have become a past time for some Muslims: the fear that the whole world is against Muslims and there are numerous forces out there wanting to undermine and destroy Islam. One of the chief instigators [...]
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Mohammad Mosaddeq: Some Myths Dispelled

By Guest | Published: February 6, 2010
This is a cross-post of an article by Michael Ezra on Harry’s Place **** Dr. Mohammad Mosaddeq was a popular Iranian politician. An Iranian nationalist, who hailed from a wealthy and prominent family he served as Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 – 1953.[1] According to one of his own cousins, as well as being “Distinguished,” he [...]
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The Mughal Caliphate

By Guest | Published: January 5, 2010
This is a re-post of an article by Raziq  first posted in January 2010 **** Islamist groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir, Al-Muhajiroun and the Muslim Brotherhood claim that Muslims were ruled by a single political leadership which started from the time of the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century and lasted until the last days of the [...]
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Independence Day

By Faisal | Published: December 16, 2009
Thirty eight years ago on this day East Pakistan gained independence from the tyranny of West Pakistan’s feudal oligarchy and it’s clergy. Bengalis fought off the Punjab dominated military and state sponsored Jamat-e-Islami death squads Al-Shams and Al-Badr, and formed their secular state. But the scars of its war with Pakistan remain. Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley [...]
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Guru Gobind Singh’s stance towards Muslims

By Guest | Published: November 28, 2009
This is a cross-post of an article by Jai from Pickled Politics **** I think a few more things need to be stated for the record in relation to Rajinder Singh [the Sikh who is supporting the BNP]. While his reaction is understandable from a “flawed human nature” perspective, considering the apparent loss of his father during Partition, it [...]
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