SPOTLIGHT
Calls for a ‘Green’ Ramadan Revive Islam’s Long Tradition of Sustainability and Care for the Planet
For many Muslims breaking fast in mosques around the world this Ramadan, something will be missing: plastics.Noorzehra ZaidiThe communal experience of iftars – the after-sunset...
‘Bulldozer Politics’: Modi’s Demolition Drive Fuels Muslims’ Fears in Kashmir
Aakash Hassan and Hannah Ellis-PetersenSUHAIL Ahmad Shah stood despairingly before the wreckage that for two decades had been his livelihood. Just hours before, he had been...
How the US and UK Tried to Justify the Invasion of Iraq
20 YEARS OF IRAQ INVASIONFederica MarsiON March 20, 2003, the United States led a coalition that launched a fully-fledged invasion of Iraq, closely supported...
Confronting the Global Water Crisis
Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Johan Rockström, and Tharman ShanmugaratnamLONDON – The world’s water crisis can no longer be ignored. Unless we manage water properly, we will...
Afghanistan Coffers Swell as Taliban Taxman Collects
The Taliban administration is proving adept at collecting tax — and seemingly without the corruption associated with the previous administration.A DUSTY logjam of trucks...