‘Mistaken’ for a Muslim

‘Mistaken’ for a Muslim

‘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...
Video Games and Eurocentrism

Video Games and Eurocentrism

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...
Antisemitism, IHRA and the NUS

Antisemitism, IHRA and the NUS

Antisemitism, IHRA and the NUS By Shaida Nabi i Blog 126   Image credit: Courtesy of Ayse Gur Geden University campuses have formed an epicenter of Palestine solidarity resistance since the onset of Israel’s genocide. In equal measure they have become sites of...
The Troubling Case of ‘Dalit Muslims’

The Troubling Case of ‘Dalit Muslims’

The Troubling Case of ‘Dalit Muslims’ By Salwa Yahya i Blog 125   Image credit: maktoobmedia.com Far from being outdated modes of self/group identifications, both caste and religion continue to hold significant sway in the sociopolitical life of modern...
Forever Ending Islam

Forever Ending Islam

Forever Ending Islam By Shehla Khan i Blog 124   Image credit: Pexels Faisal Devji’s essay in the Open Magazine (August 2025) entitled ‘The End of Islam’ and subtitled ‘Is the religion’s journey as an agent of history over?’, introduces readers to his recently...
Reading Islam as Language

Reading Islam as Language

Reading Islam as Language By Ehsan Shahwahid i Blog 123   Image Credit: Pexels Hasbun-Allahu-wa-Ni’mal-Wakil.. That repeating cry keeps on striking us. Mothers losing their children, boys-girls losing their parents and families losing their homes. The whole city...