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“Do you support Hamas?”: A Legal and Islamic Perspective
Militant groups like Hamas were actually a response to occupation. Contrary to popular belief, they are not the natural enemies of Israel, it is in fact, quite the opposite. Militant groups like Hamas were actually a response to occupation. Contrary to popular belief, they are not the natural enemies of Israel, it is in fact, quite the opposite. This article represents the views and opinions of the author alone, and not necessarily of TMV as a whole.
Exponential Rise of Far Right Politics: A Hefty Blow on Europe
Many people blindly believe in political scenarios of ‘Developed’ or ‘First world countries’ as progressive, liberal, and secular influenced by matters of neo-colonial effects on the world order – although that ‘clean’ picture of those countries has been changing in the hyperactive social media period. Europe no longer disguises itself in the cover of white politics. In recent years, so many internal and global upheavals have struck the politics of European countries.
Paris 2024 Olympics: French Athletes Banned From Wearing Hijab
As Paris prepares to host the Olympic Games in 2024, France has decided to ban the wearing of Islamic veils for its athletes during the Paris Olympic Games, which will be held from 26 July to 11 August 2024. French Sports Minister Am√©lie Oud√©a-Cast√©ra¬†explained on 24 September in the French television programme “Dimanche en politique” the government’s attachment “to a regime of strict secularism”, strictly applied in the field of sport. What does it mean?
The Islamic Duty to Rise Above Western Expectations in a Post-9/11 World
After 9/11, there followed a war in which numerous Western countries were involved to further destabilise the Muslim world, and no, it wasn’t only in Iraq. 9/11 was a defining event in the modern history of the globalised world as it provoked an unprecedented campaign of Islamophobia, the “War on Terror”, due to the perpetrators of the attack being Muslim.
How Did People Find the Qibla Before Smartphone Apps?
Today, we have smartphone apps to tell us the Qibla direction no matter where in the world we are, and some of our prayer rugs are even built with a Qibla compass. But how did people find the Qibla when this technology was not around? Finding the Qibla In The Early Islamic Years The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) spent his life in one of two cities, Mecca and Medina. In Mecca, of course, there was no need to calculate the Qibla. In Medina, it was known the direction was due south.
How To Use Mathematics To Find the Qibla Accurately
Qibla compasses, whether physical or apps, can provide different Qibla directions even from the same room! I’ve experienced this many times before. My Qibla compass app would give me different Qibla directions on different days for the same room, and, worse, when I tried to verify the direction with a friend’s phone, my friend’s app would show a completely random direction to mine. Why does this happen?
Forced ID Numbers for Muslim Children: France's Macron Introduces New Charter for French Muslims - TMV
In a shocking new development in France, President Macron has added to the already growing tensions within the country between the President’s fight against “radical Islam” and the increasingly obvious state-sponsored Islamophobia within France. President Macron has now asked the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), an organization with the country’s top Muslim leaders, to accept a “charter of republican values” as part of his fight against so-called “radical Islam” within France.
Islamophobia Awareness Month: A Campaign to Highlight Positive Contributions of British Muslims in the UK - TMV
The month of November is Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) in the UK, which aims to highlight the positive contributions of British Muslims in the UK while addressing the serious issue of Islamophobia as well. Founded in 2012, IAM was created by leading UK Muslim organizations in an effort to help dispel the negative and damaging stereotypes and misconceptions about Muslims and Islam in the UK.
Sri Lanka: Activists Seek Release of Muslim Human Rights Lawyer Held Under Terror Law - TMV
Global human rights groups have expressed concern over the continuous detention of a prominent Muslim human rights lawyer held under terror laws without charges in Sri Lanka since April 2020. The authorities of the island nation in the Indian Ocean accuse Hejaaz Hizbullah, a respected human rights and constitutional lawyer, of having links with the perpetrators of the Sunday Easter bombings of 2019 that killed more than 250 people.
In Germany, Even BAME-Run Media Submissively Adhere to the Country’s Zionist Dictate of Silencing Palestine - TMV
A while back I wrote an essay in German titled “What it means to be a leftist today. And what that has to do with Israel.” It dealt with the overall hypocrisy of the German left (social democrats, Greens, socialist leftists, anti-fascists) with regards to their anti-racism credentials in general and their blind spot with regards to Israel in particular, extensively arguing the case that you cannot call yourself an antiracist if you willfully exclude Israel from the discussion. Why?
'Dirty Arabs': Two Muslim Women Stabbed in Paris in an Underreported Islamophobic Attack - TMV
In a worryingly underreported attack, two Muslim women were repeatedly stabbed under the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday night. Following the gruesome beheading of a teacher in the Paris suburbs by a radical extremist last Friday after the teacher showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed to a class, France is on edge as tensions continue to rise. French police have reportedly arrested two white female suspects, who shouted “dirty Arabs” as the repeatedly stabbed the two Muslim women.
Jürgen Klopp: White Ally of Muslims and People of Color - TMV
An Asian-German professor of mine at university in Berlin once told me in confidence when discussing racism and Islamophobia in Germany during a post-lesson coffee: “Timo: Germans have racism in their genes”.
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