Tauhierah Salie

INTERNATIONAL Campaigners have accused former UK Prime Minister David Cameron of Islamophobia after he singled out Muslim critics of the controversial Prevent strategy and said they were "enabling terrorism" in Britain by criticising the policy. In a new report published by the right-wing think tank Policy Exchange, Cameron said the UK government's failure to debunk criticisms of Prevent would "jeopardise" Britain's fight against extremism. The report claims that Prevent faces […]

INTERNATIONAL A farmer digging in Gaza has discovered a stone statue of an ancient goddess dating back 4,500 years, according to Palestinian archeology authorities. Nidal Abu Eid came across a relic of the head of what is believed to be a Canaanite deity while cultivating his land in Khan Younis, a southern city in the besieged Gaza Strip. The 22cm limestone carving depicting the goddess “Anat” wearing a crown made […]

INTERNATIONAL Iran has begun piling pressure on Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani and the speaker of Iraq’s parliament, Mohammed al-Halbousi, hoping to convince them to abandon Muqtada al-Sadr’s political project and save Tehran’s Iraqi allies. Six months on from Iraq’s October elections, and neither Sadr’s Save the Homeland alliance nor the Iran-backed Shia Coordination Framework, led by former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, have been able to form a government. Sadr is […]

INTERNATIONAL Cases of discrimination and harassment against Muslim Americans rose nine percent when compared to 2020, according to a leading Muslim advocacy and civil rights group. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) said in a report published on Monday that it received 6,720 complaints last year, with the rise in issues ranging from bullying in schools, freedom of speech concerns, hate crimes, physical assaults or placement on a federal terrorist watchlist. Researchers […]