Earlier this month I traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark engaging with government, academia, media and civil society organizations to shed light on several robust approaches to combat extremism from a range of initiatives at a domestic and global level. Denmark is not alone as many other states, including the UK, Saudi Arabia and Singapore have all
Iran and Russia continue to face internal challenges in light of sanctions imposed by the international community, in the case of Iran, in response to ongoing nuclear issues, and support of terrorist organizations including Hezbollah and, in relation to Russia, incursions into the territory of neighbouring states. We are familiar with Russia’s influence operations in
This is not an article about bashing Representative Ilhan Omar. Nor is it about her tweet that the U.S. government support of Israel is “all about the Benjamins.” Let’s be clear: her remarks were flat out wrong and there is no need to caveat or to equivocate about the significance of what she said. However,
The American political environment is now more in flux than ever. The recent midterm election this past week was not only characterized by the candidature of an unprecedented number of women, of whom a number came from minority backgrounds, but also resulted in the election of two Muslim women to Congress. Moreover, the vocal and
Last month, a raid on a New Mexico desert compound revealed eleven malnourished children and uncovered a confusing and bizarre tale of an Islamic exorcism, guns and a dead young boy. The young boy who died was called Abdul-Ghani Wahaj. His father, Siraj Ibn Wahaj disappeared with his child, who he said he was taking
The diverse religious experience of African Americans in the US stretches from the first arrival in the southern United States of slave ships bearing Muslim slaves from West Africa to the strong religious convictions of the American-born black church. Together, African Americans have created spaces of peaceful coexistence while at the same time providing constructive
“Blindly Following Ancient Customs and Traditions doesn’t mean that the dead are alive, but that the living are dead” Ibn Khaldun On the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in which close to 3,000 innocent lives were lost, I can’t help but ask myself: how far we have come, what lessons have we learned and
The first step in coming to terms with the attack in Christchurch is to understand that it has been produced by right wing extremism, both in Australia and internationally.
The ban effectively comes into force immediately – six days after the massacre – and a buy-back scheme will compensate owners.
Neil Basu criticises hypocrisy of mainstream news providers in wake of Christchurch attack.
Alice Cutter and her partner Mark Jones are accused of being members of the banned far-right National Action group.
New Zealand PM Ardern says 30 victims now identified and available to families for burial as first services begin.
