Apr 16, 2026 | Blog, 2026, Ismail Patel
Al-Aqsa, Colonial Power, and the Illusion of Normalcy By Ismail Patel i Blog 132 Image credit: Jerusalem 2013 Al-Aqsa mosque by Andrew Shiva. Wikimedia Commons. Accessed 15 April 2026. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jerusalem-2013-Al-Aqsa_Mosque_04.jpg...
Apr 7, 2026 | Blog, 2026, Shvetal Vyas Pare
Empire Endures By Shvetal Vyas Pare i Blog 131 Image credit: Created by AI I hear the news. Khamenei has been killed. There is a sense of disbelief, but alongside it is a sense of weariness. Empire endures, and its actions take a heavy toll regularly, physically...
Mar 21, 2026 | Yasin Aktay, Blog, 2026
Earning and Truly Comprehending Eid By Yasin Aktay i Blog 130 That the end of Ramadan—an atmosphere we enter with deep love and festivity, welcoming its arrival and grieving its departure—culminates in a celebration called Eid is not something easily understood by...
Mar 10, 2026 | Blog, 2026, Shaheen Kattiparambil
Social Cohesion and Islamophobia By Shaheen Kattiparambil i Blog 129 What does social cohesion have to do with Islamophobia in contemporary Britain? On 9 March 2026, the Labour government unveiled its new social cohesion strategy, Protecting What Matters,...
Jan 30, 2026 | Blog, Hamid TP, 2026
‘Mistaken’ for a Muslim By Hamid TP i Blog 128 What does ‘Left’ mean in a political sense? Egalitarianism, support for the (organised) working class, support for the nationalisation of industry, hostility to marks of hierarchy, opposition to...
Jan 16, 2026 | Blog, Hizer Mir, 2026
Video Games and Eurocentrism By Hizer Mir i Blog 127 Can a game called Europa Universalis V be anything but Eurocentric? Does it really matter if such a game is Eurocentric? One could argue perhaps not… following Dabashi (2015: 33) we could say “of...
