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For months the turning point in British – and European – history was being anticipated; would Britain remain in the European Union, or leave in order to further its own regulations and restrictions? Prominent politicians joined and changed sides in the debate, marketing campaigns were started afresh, debates took place in and out of Parliament,…

Thousands of people around the world joined together just a few days ago to commemorate British Member of Parliament, Jo Cox, who was murdered last week outside her constituency of Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire. Cox would have been celebrating her 42nd birthday. It has been released that Cox had been in contact with an…

The Day Britain Voted Out Of Europe  London, 23 June 2016. Of course I voted. But naively, I was never hugely concerned about the EU referendum–a historic event that took place on June 23, 2016 that allowed the entire United Kingdom to vote on whether we should remain in the European Union. I was never concerned…

Plot twist:  The people who basically invaded & colonized 90% of the world decided they wanted independence from the consequences of their imperialism. In the early morning hours before suhoor, the Internet–and the British pound, and consequently, the world’s economy–have all plummeted to the depths of despair as the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union…

Ramadan is a month all about giving:  Giving up food, drink, and ego; giving in to God, and giving back to society. It is also a month where we strive to be in constant remembrance of God, and of those in need. But in the same way that it is not enough to merely be…

Helen Joanne “Jo” Cox, wife, mother of two, and member of UK Parliament, was fatally shot and stabbed by a supporter of the right radical group Britain First on Thursday, as she was leaving a meeting with her local constituents. Known lovingly as “Jo,” Cox had only served for Parliament for 13 months before her…

Economic deprivation–due to ongoing Israeli occupation–continues to wreak havoc on independent Palestinian businesses. Currently, the West Bank notices a sharp decline in footwear production, with less than a third of original shops operating.  Little is even mentioned anymore about Silvana, the once famous chocolates and confectionery factory in Ramallah. Through a program called Know Thy…

Anyone who watched the news throughout the 1980s remembers vivid and heartbreaking images that came from Africa. Ethiopia, Somalia, and other nations around Africa’s Horn suffered a vicious drought that obliterated farms and ranches, causing a mass starvation that claimed the lives of over one million people who starved to death. Millions were affected by…

Anyone who watches or reads the news could have told you this, but now research says so, too. A study conducted by American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker activist group, came to a conclusion that the rest of us already knew:  Mainstream media helps promote Islamophobia. In fact, dangerous correlations between Islam and militancy,…

A popular video being circulated on Facebook features a man asking Arab children what the names of certain animals and insects are. The children reply in English (owl, alligator, ladybug) and when asked to identify the animals in Arabic, they have no idea. Sad, but not surprising. About year ago, I went to Egypt, and one…

Rabia was 22 years old with a husband, two children, and another on the way. She had just begun her life when it was cut short by the hands of the Taliban, whose members publically executed her after she was accused of committing adultery by her husband. This execution, commonly called an honor killing, immediately…

Just earlier this week, Iran enforced a strict ban forbidding any of its citizens from participation in Hajj, the annually offered and once-in-a-lifetime required major Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This proceeds a ban placed in April on the minor pilgrimage Umrah, which can alternatively be performed by Muslims any time of the year….