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Current Affairs and Politics, Page 35

Adversity Shapes Good Character

It means to accept that whatever happens, good or bad, as it comes from Allah, with His permission. Even If the whole world is in chaos, He is still firmly in control. He allows things to happen for a purpose…

The time of the righteous

The unbridled aggression and brutality are justified as “exercising caution”: the frightening balance of blood – about 100 Palestinian dead for every Israeli killed, isn’t raising any questions, as if we’ve decided that their blood is worth one hundred times less than ours, in acknowledgement of our inherent racism…

From the ashes of Gaza

In the face of Israel’s latest onslaught, the only option for Palestinian nationalism is to embrace a one-state solution

Free Agent

Former MI5 chief and spy novelist Stella Rimington speaks her mind – on Iraq, the ‘huge overreaction’ to 9/11, and why the secret service is much more liberal than we think