An appeal to the United Nations to curb the actions of and isolate the United States. A quick note after some months of silence. This important letter was sent to the United Nations Secretary General today. Some 145 figures from political, academic, religious and civil society backgrounds have signed their names to
Once again, actually not once again, but as usual, the BBC and its senior correspondents let us down. Obfuscating truth. Spinning as if they are a PR company brought in to manage a celebrity caught with pants down crisis, rather than an ongoing genocide cessated hardly, if at all. Once more the
Yes, St. George was from Turkey, but reminding everyone persuades no-one because racism is illogical, argues Arzu Read the full article below the audio This is a quick note. There are many (as there have always been) witty ripostes to St. George’s and these days Union flag flying. The (no longer so)
Some thoughts from Arzu on the anti-migrant ‘protests’, court rulings against asylum hotels, narratives around grooming gangs and how they all align post the 2024 summer pogroms in the UK. Yesterday the High Court granted a temporary injunction against Somani Hotels housing asylum seekers at one of their hotels in Epping.
Originally written in July 2015 to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, this piece by Arzu Merali has been revised by its author for the current context, including updating footnotes, and adding description which now requires addition for those unfamiliar with the essay’s contents. Listen to the essay here
The hoops that Muslims in the UK jump through to be accepted by an openly hostile state are impossible. In trying to do so, we are simply reproducing the idea that we are not proper citizens, just blindly loyal subjects, argues Arzu. Read the article below or listen to it here.
As the US enters the war against Iran, Arzu argues that we need to keep our focus on the driver for this latest violence. It has always been about Revolutionary Iran’s support for Palestine. So, the war is on. It’s been decades in the making. The US has bombed Iran, a week
It’s two days since the Zionist entity launched attacks on the Islamic Republic of Iran. A clear extension of its war on Gaza, yet there has been notable silence from civil society figures and online commentators. These ethical lapses will be remembered. Its thundering – the silence. And it makes me wonder.
As the Zionist entity launches war against the Islamic Republic of Iran its worth learning what it is that irks them and the US so. Yes, the Islamic Republic has sponsored, organised, trained and given spiritual support to the resistance. This has been an article of faith of the Islamic Republic since