‘Israel’ has been in the news a lot lately; with the reports focused on the attacks against Muslims and on Masjid ul Aqsa. As an Ummah, we are angered by the attacks, and by the pain that the Muslims in Palestine feel on a constant basis. But we need to understand that while the international community ‘condemns’ ‘Israel’s’ actions; bringing our attention to their oppression through statistics and reports...

In May, Syria’s embattled leader, Bashar al-Assad visited Saudi Arabia for the Arab League Summit. This was a major diplomatic breakthrough for al-Assad who has faced a decade long uprising that saw his regime isolated in the region. His visit to Saudi Arabia is part of an overall normalisation process that has seen the Arab League recognise Syria back into its fold.

In his inaugural speech on the 29th of May 2023, Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended the fuel subsidy per the provision of former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. With a deteriorating economy and worsening debt profile, the idea that the subsidy hindered progress, among other myths, was finally sold widely.

6th of May 2023, BBC reported that hundreds of women are on hunger strike at an Iraqi prison in the capital Baghdad. They are protesting their incarceration for being part of the Islamic State group, after what they say were unfair trials. The group is said to include foreign nationals from Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Syria, France, Germany and the US. “It is thought about 100 children are also being…