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 Pakistan’s worst-ever floods have not only killed more than 2,000 people and affected an estimated 20 million others, they have also exposed government incompetence and its complete lack of concern for the people. In fact, there appears to be no government at |  |
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Teetering on the brink, Pakistan’s economy was dealt another blow by the devastating floods that inundated more than one-third of the country last month. It will be decades before Pakistan recovers from the consequences of the deluge, the most severe in its entire history. |  There was a time when every Muslim student instinctively knew about the significance of Masjid al-Aqsa (al-Quds), the first qiblah of Muslims. It was from there that the noble Messenger (pbuh) went on his mi‘raj in the twelfth year of his prophetic mission. Jerusalem, where Masjid al-Aqsa is located (and we must be clear that the Golden Dome we see in most pictures in not Masjid al-Aqsa; that is Dome of the Rock built many years later), was liberated by the Muslims in the year 15ah (638ce) during the khilafah of ‘Umar (d). With the Muslims in charge of the body politic, Jersualem remained free except for a short interlude from 1099–1187ce when the crusaders occupied it. | |
| Opinion | ||||
| Reflections by Zafar Bangash | Guest Editorial by Abu Dharr | Perspectives by Iqbal Siddiqui | ||
| Impact of 9/11 on Muslims | Obama and Osama cut from the same cloth by the same tailor | Muslims in the west: victims of an inescapable historical confrontation | ||
| September is the month of 9/11. How can anyone forget 9/11? Dare anyone forget 9/11?! And if it is beginning to slip out of a public’s mind that is really more interested in the New York Yankees than in the World Trade Center, then in comes the “controversy” to rekindle the flames of 9/11.That controversy is the celebrated news item about the Cordoba House. | Several articles in this issue of Crescent International discuss the problems faced by Muslims living in western countries, particularly since the launching of the “war on terror” after the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Despite all the protestations of western politicians and others that their problem is | ||
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 The announcement by US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton on August 20 that the US is to host direct talks between Palestinian president Mahmood Abbas and Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu has singularly |  Ground Zero Mosque” crisis and the smoke screen of moderate Muslim identity The recent Ground Zero Mosque controversy has become the crucible of fevered reactions and terrors. It’s vaulted a relatively unknown figure, Feisal Abdul Rauf, into prominence and transformed a below-radar project into a cultural crusade.Everyone has seen fit to weigh in on the construction of the Park 51 Center at the site | The presumption of innocence is the cornerstone of every legal system in the modern world and one which goes to the heart of the principles of
| German Muslims continue to suffer from post 9/11 trauma  Germany has a notorious reputation for its racist and discriminatory attitude toward minorities. It has refused to accommodate a large minority community that has lived in Germany for generations. Since the 1960s, |
