News: On 25th February 2015, Agence France-Presse, (AFP) reported a news story titled ‘Afghan female stars defy clerics' pressure'. It reported that the 29-year-old singer is a judge on worldwide hit series "The Voice" that launched in Kabul in May, immediately attracting huge audiences and an array of angry critics. As a symbol of female independence in a strictly conservative Islamic country, Aryana receives regular death threats and lives in…

Historically, Western colonial rulers constructed and widely propagated the narrative of women's subjugation under Islam to gain legitimacy for their occupation over Muslim lands as well as to undermine Islamic governance in order to maintain domination over the region and its resources. In modern times, Western politicians and government continue to use the rhetoric of ‘Women's Rights' and the rallying cry of ‘saving the Muslim woman' from the ‘oppression of…

After the tragic deaths of Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha and her younger sister Razan Abu-Salha, there is an immediate need to make sense of a senseless and abhorrently violent act. After the shock, anger and overwhelming grief, the Muslim population was left with the question ‘why?' Why had three, young, bright, charitable students with a shining reputation by all accounts, been shot dead in the assumed safety of…

Headlines: • Number of Muslim Children in Britain Doubles in a Decade • Narendra Modi Elevated to the Status of a God • Turkey Increases Troops as NATO Ends Combat Operations in Afghanistan Details Number of Muslim Children in Britain Doubles in a Decade The number of children growing up as Muslims in the UK has almost doubled in a decade in what experts have described as an "unprecedented" shift…