Reflections
From the archives of Impact International click here.
From the archives of the Islamic Quarterly
Defining Events
Bosnia: Operation Screwdriver – more revelations of the disregard for Bosnian suffering during the Balkan Wars of the 1990s – Operation Screwdriver. click here.
Fact files that keep track of told and untold past events – some continue to unfold. click here.
Biographical Directory
Over 2000 entries compiled by Nauman Khan. Click here.
MCB responds to brazen allegations
” We should reflect as to why the Policy Exchange’s latest hit piece focuses on the diverse range of Muslim voices who have voiced concerns about Prevent, while failing to mention that the same reservations has been articulated by a growing number of people who are not Muslim including the UN special rapporteur, human rights, civil liberties, and free speech groups, a former spy chief, ex-Superintendents, and many opposition politicians”. click here
Revelations – the Information Research Department
Jason Blake in the Guardian, writing on Rory Cormac’s book How to Stage a Coup: And Ten Other Lessons from the World of Secret Statecraft: “. . .The IRD [the Foreign Office’s Information Research Department] also forged literature purporting to come from the Muslim Brotherhood.” click here.
The Salaam Trojan Horse ‘Defining Events’ archival file.
In memory
Founder-Editor in Chief of Impact International, guide and counsellor for British Muslims. Obituary notice
His lament on Pakistan, ” . . . then, by and by, the opportunists, the mercenaries and the agents took over”. click here.
Dossiers
Afghanistan
Since 2007, an 11-part dossier has been tracking a disastrous, vengeful intervention much lauded at the outset – the late Michael Novak had rationalised it as “morally obligatory” while one British general declared that the bombardment and occupation met ‘Just War’ criteria . In 2021, after irreparable human suffering, the grudging acceptance that it was largely a futile and counter-productive exercise. click here
Revelations of destablising operations in Indonesia in 1965 – role of the Foreign Office’s Information Research Department (IRD). click here
Rwanda: “Our Report [the Muse Report] concludes that the Genocide was foreseeable. From its knowledge of massacres of civilians conducted by the government and its allies, to the daily dehumanization of the Tutsi, to the cables and other data arriving from Rwanda, the French government could see that a genocide was coming. The French government was neither blind nor unconscious about the foreseeable genocide . . . The role of the French government must be examined.” click here
Muslim Civil Society – Response from Palestine Return Centre
.On the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh in the Jenin refugee camp by Israel’s occupying forces, ” This heinous crime was committed in cold blood against a journalist wearing a press-marked uniform, in a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and international conventions and norms, which stipulate that journalists and media workers must be protected. click here.
Book Review
A book that distils the lifelong experience of an educationalist, parent (and grandparent), parenting tutor and civic activist. It describes ideal practices, with frequent practical tips on how these can be implemented. click here.
