The modern day superpower politics is nothing but an art of deception. Depending on how well you deceive the populace and your opponents confirm your stay at the top. Niccolo Machiavelli who is considered the founder of modern political science said in his seminal work, “The Prince,” “Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”

No analysis on the current Turkish situation can be complete without understanding Turkish history. Mustafa Kamal demolished the institution of the Caliphate and established the secular republic. In doing so he used brute force, appealed to Turkish nationalism and relied upon the declined understanding of Islam in the masses.

Abdus-Sattar Edhi has now reached to a destination where we all are going to, one by one. It is only Allah, the Supreme, whose Magnificence is above such limitations. May Allah (swt) compensate the shortcomings and sins of Edhi against the numerous charitable works he did for others and grant him a high status in the hereafter.

Around the world, it is clear to us, perhaps more than ever before, that there are severe consequences to upholding the truth before the tyrants. One region above all inspires the advocates of the Khilafah "Caliphate" (Caliphate) wherever they find themselves facing persecution at the hands of the current rulers, from Tunisia to Malaysia, Syria to Pakistan – that region comprises of the states of the former Soviet Union, after…