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Qasim Afridi

What happens abroad has a real effect here

Last update: 13:40 | 01.04.12 | © Metro Éireann

I often hear repeated the notion that politics is local, and we should not be too worried about issues taking place in other parts of the world. However, there is a fundamental problem with such an idea. Perhaps in the old days, when the fastest means of travel

Crushing dissent in Saudi Arabia

Last update: 02:13 | 15.03.12 | © Metro Éireann

Saudi Arabia is one of the most repressive and stagnant countries in the world. The Saudi royal family, the House of Saud, controls the country with total brutality with no regards for human life, dignity and tolerance.

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The hidden forces of good and evil

Last update: 14:51 | 01.03.12 | © Metro Éireann

From Syria to Pakistan, Turkey to Sudan, we are seeing one particular tactic that these regimes are utilising as propaganda.

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Ignorance in the information age

Last update: 01:52 | 15.02.12 | © Metro Éireann

One of the aspects of any warfare is propaganda, using the media – whether print, radio and television – to spread disinformation, lies and deceit among the people, to the extent that they become braindead. Propagandists specialise in creating

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Islam is the enemy of... the tax man

Last update: 02:09 | 15.01.12 | © Metro Éireann

Throughout history, taxes have been charged on the funniest things. In 1660 England placed a tax on fireplaces, and in 1696 on the number of windows in one’s house – the latter only repealed in 1851. There have been taxes on soap, bricks, hats,

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The end of the anti-Christ

Last update: 17:45 | 01.07.11 | © Metro Éireann

All praise is for Allah! The people have risen across the Muslim world from Algeria to Bahrain and broken through the fear tactics that these governments employed against the people for decades.

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A game of divide and rule

Last update: 22:28 | 01.04.11 | © Metro Éireann

We’ve all heard the news about the referendum on secession in South Sudan. We hoped that the information age would bring people together, yet today we see Sudan being divided. The largest country in Africa, boasting the vast Nile river water basin,

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Stop those evil burqa robbers!

Last update: 15:17 | 27.05.10 | © Metro Éireann

Our noble scholars have clarified that the face veil, or niqab, is not obligatory for Muslim women to wear in public. But we’re not going to discuss the niqab or its standing in Islamic jurisprudence; rather, we would like to point out the reasons why

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Beware the evils of capitalism

Last update: 12:38 | 20.05.10 | © Metro Éireann

One of the reasons for the current bloodshed across the world is the tremendous profit that weapons manufacturers generate due to ongoing wars and conflict. People recognise oil as the main reason for the war in Iraq, but an equally important impetus for

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Pull out of Afghanistan!

Last update: 12:55 | 13.05.10 | © Metro Éireann

We were quite surprised to read a recent editorial in this newspaper entitled ‘Turning the tide against the Taliban’, which we found to be extremely ill informed in its seeming support for the continuation of a war that is not going to end. This

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Why is 'integration' necessary?

Last update: 13:28 | 06.05.10 | © Metro Éireann

What do you understand by the term ‘integration’? Some people state that integration does not equal assimilation. Well, we at Glór Moslamach would like to ask: if it’s not assimilation, then what is it? After all, a lot of people

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Discussing the real issues

Last update: 13:21 | 29.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

The killing of young Toyosi Shitta-bey is a tragic one, but it doesn’t have to be repeated. We at Glór Moslamach believe that prevention is better than the cure. Dealing with racism is a matter of education that the Irish State can facilitate,

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Gaddafiâ€™s bad example

Last update: 13:33 | 01.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

Libya’s leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi made headlines recently when he called for the partitioning of Nigeria as an answer to solving the unrest between its Christian and Muslim populations.

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