All posts tagged: imperialism

“So do not fear them; fear Me if you are ˹true˺ believers.” [Quran 3:175]

فلا تَخَافُوهُمْ وَخَافُونِ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ “So do not fear them; fear Me if you are ˹true˺ believers.” [Quran 3:175] Muslims and non-Muslims alike cringed at the desperate plea for acceptance on display in a central London mosque this week. The press was invited to watch Muslim children forced to sing the British national anthem, […]

International News Review 29/01/2022

Details: Ukraine President Accuses America of Exaggerating Crisis Coup in Burkina Faso Ukraine President Accuses America of Exaggerating Crisis America continues to intensify tensions over Ukraine. The top American military official, General Mark Milley, who serves as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned in a press conference on Friday that Russia “has […]

UN Special Envoy for Sudan Volker Perthes Seeks to Bring Together the Political Parties in Sudan, the American Way

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Sudan, Head of the United Nations Mission to Sudan, Volker Perthes, launched an initiative, which he said was to gather the Sudanese parties to get out of the current political crisis, in consultation with what he called the Sudanese and international partners. He said […]

Diamonds in Africa: A Story of Capitalism and its Endless Greed PART 1: The situation is a legacy of Colonialist dominance

The subject of Blood Diamonds garnered international attention at the beginning of the 21st century, following the civil wars in African countries like Angola and Sierra Leone. However, the fact that this was the time when people started to pay attention doesn’t mean that it’s when the problems in Africa started- nor does it mean […]

Making Sense of Trump’s Economic Nationalism

“It doesn’t matter who becomes the next president, the world is governed by market forces.” [1] Alan Greenspan The world is going through a transition, where economic liberalism and globalism are shifting towards economic nationalism and patriotism, with US President Donald Trump leading the way. Globalism has significantly benefited the United States since the 1990s; […]