Arzu reflects on the month of January thus far, including the current ceasefire in the Israeli genocide against the Palestinians, the LA wildfires, and Holocaust Memorial. It is midway through January, -ish. People are celebrating the ceasefire in Gaza. It is a difficult moment. Of course, any stay in the bloodletting
The price of ‘victory’ in Syria has come at the expense of a liberated Palestine, Islamic resistance and the rising new world, argues Arzu. As the shills for the Syrian ‘rebels’ rejoice from London to Tel Aviv, it is clear that any victory in Syria has come at the price of the
My thoughts on the assassination of Syed Nasrallah, originally written 30 September. I didn’t publish them until now (22 October) for a variety of reasons explained in the note[i]. “But do not think of those who have been killed in the One and Only God’s cause as dead. No, they are
Some notes on these last few weeks from Arzu I was alerted to this short film by Revd Stephen Sizer of Peacemakers. Based on Zeina Azzam’s poem ‘Write my name’, it crushed me. I demand you watch it. I defy you not to weep. I will put a link and the
What, if anything, can be a revolutionary politics for minoritised people, especially Muslims in the UK? What can we actually do to fight for the end of the genocide? – asks Arzu Merali. Read the article below the audio. Listen to the audio on this page or on Youtube. Part III:
Arzu was invited to speak alongside Batool Subeiti and Syed Muhsin Abbas once more on Perspectives with Faiza Naqvi on Hidayat TV to discuss Eid in Palestine, the UK elections and more. Starting with the passing of Eid and the genocide in Palestine, the participants moved on to discuss the
The leading liberal author Naomi Klein has publicly called for an exodus of Jews from Zionism. This is momentous, particularly to those who remember her pro-Zionist interventions of yesteryear. Arzu discusses why, notwithstanding this welcome news, the movement for a better world needs to still hold those who upheld the old world
Arzu Merali on News Review (Press TV) talking about the crackdown on political activism against Muslims in Austria and the consequences that has for pro-Palestinian activism.* Watch the interview below the text. From Press TV: “A group calling itself „Students Against Genocide“ protested inside the University of Vienna, Austria, the biggest German-speaking
Many thanks to Islam Channel for inviting me to speak on the News about the ICJ ruling last week on whether Israel is conducting a genocide against the Palestinians. It is really heartening to be on a news program whether Muslim or not, that engages with issues such as genocide, epistemicide and
Arzu discusses the proscription of the avowedly non-violent group Hizb ut-Tahrir by the UK government and what it means for dissenting voices in the UK Today’s proscription of Hizb u-Tahrir under the Terrorism Act 2000 is a new low, even for the UK. I wrote on 7 January that the push towards
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