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Articles by Jawar Mohamed
Archives: Somalia Trys to Live by Both the Koran and ‘Das Kapital’ (1977)
Two years ago, when it was pressing a campaign to emancipate women, the Somali Government was vexed to find conservative religious leaders preaching against equality of the sexes and supporting their arguments with readings from the Koran. It decided to stop the dissent. Eleven of the religious leaders were rounded up, and early one morning they were executed by firing squad.
When Brazil’s African Muslims scared the world
On January 24, 1835, rumors that Africans were planning a revolt for early the following day started circulating in Salvador, the capital of the then province of Bahia, in Brazil. The news quickly reached the city’s enslaved and free Black people, then the majority of the city’s population. As slave owners panicked, the police quickly responded to the threat by frantically searching the houses of African-born formerly enslaved men and women, whom they suspected of participating in the plot.
Translation; Jawar Mohamed recalls Hachallu's impact on him
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian extremist, is considered a pivotal moment in history that escalated tensions and eventually led to the first world war. However, the assassination alone was not sufficient to cause the war; Europe was already politically volatile, with militarism, [hostile] alliances, and border disputes exacerbating the situation. The assassination merely acted as a spark that ignited a larger, pre-existing conflict.
Frenemies tied at the hip: Eritrea & Sudan
Sudan’s army (SAF) chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who also serves as chair of the Sovereignty Council, paid a one-day visit to Eritrea on 26 November 2024. Photos released by Eritrea’s press agency showed Burhan being warmly received by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and paraded around Asmara with a large entourage. The visit is the latest indication of a growing alignment between Asmara and Khartoum.
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