The Long View

New Citizens for Old: How Islamophobia makes Contemporary Germany

Listen to the podcast of the article or read the full text below.   As narratives of belonging get narrower and narrower, Arzu Merali argues that Germany provides both worrying precedents as well as ways to move beyond the arguments that to be a citizen

Shia Islam, the social winner of the latest Karabakh war

Listen to the podcast of the article or read the full text below.     When the conflict over the contested region of Ngorno-Karabakh erupted again after almost thirty years, people around the world, including Muslims, often viewed it through superficial lenses.  Zviad Jughashvili argues

The Intimacies of Surveillance

The internalisation of governmental narratives about oneself, especially as an individual or a group, is a common and arguably essential by-product of state policies aimed at controlling dissent, particularly from minoritised communities.  Niyousha Bastani argues that the Prevent policy in the UK, with its racialised

Extirpating the Deep Roots of Racism in the US

With the much celebrated election of Joe Biden, and his much vaunted reversals of Trump policies in the first few days of office, there is an expectation of change for the US.  However, Richard Sudan argues that regardless of whoever is in charge, the US

Muslims’ Engagement in 2020 with BLM: Promise and Problems

Dawud Walid discusses Muslim communities’ responses to anti-Black racism in the US and within their own circles since the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012.  Despite progress in addressing apathy and internalised racisms, Muslims have a long road to travel in the quest for social

Peace is still holding

The guns stopped 25 years ago, but is the war over and can territorial unity survive in Bosnia and Herzegovina?  Demir Mahmutćehajić discusses the problems of the Dayton Peace Agreement, in particular the problems it has created around representation, what it means to Bosnia and

Samson’s Rage: A Critique of Modern Zionism

Jennifer Loewenstein looks at the devastation caused by modern Zionism and finds the roots of these calamities in the ideology that underpins the nation state of Israel today.  Modern Zionism contradicts what we, in the West, claim as our fundamental political and social values. It