by MRN | Oct 25, 2013 | World
I never thought I would write this, but Aung San Suu Kyi sent a shiver down my spine when she appeared on the Today programme this morning. Her equivocal attitude towards the violence suffered by Burma’s Muslim minority was deeply disturbing. I’m sorry to say that she...
by MRN | Oct 15, 2013 | Press Releases
Eid-ul-Adha 2013 All praise to the Almighty for blessing us with Eid-ul-Adha on Wednesday, 16 October 2013. As with everything in Islam we celebrate this joyous occasion with the remembrance and worship of Allah. Eid-ul-Adha is a time when we are made to dwell...
by MRN | Sep 10, 2013 | World
NOT too long ago in the office of Myanmar’s media censor, a young military officer crumpled up a newspaper article by a noted Myanmar writer and, dropping it on to the floor, used a golf putter to send it across the room. The putter is now in the closet and the...
by MRN | Aug 5, 2013 | World
From Fox News to the Weekly Standard, neoconservatives have tried to paint terrorism as a largely or exclusively Islamic phenomenon. Their message of Islamophobia has been repeated many times since the George W. Bush era: Islam is inherently violent, Christianity is...
by MRN | Jul 30, 2013 | Press Releases
Our open letter (Open Letter to Invitees of Iftaar Supper Hosted by the US Embassy by Nabila Mahomed Ismail) to those who have been invited by the US Embassy to partake in an Iftaar (Breaking of the Fast) supper has reference. It is alleged that the invitation has...