Yemen Debate Requires Understanding of Colonialist Role After the government informed a stormy joint session of parliament on 6 April of Saudi Arabia's request that Pakistan join a coalition fighting rebels in Yemen by contributing jets, navy ships and ground troops, parliamentary foes and allies alike demanded more details. Speakers from the main opposition PPP and PTI and the government-allied Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) labelled a prepared statement, read out by…

News: On 6 April 2015, the country's national headlines reported that a total of 156 Malaysian citizens were brought out of Yemen two days ago following the turbulence in that country, who are expected to depart to return home beginning tomorrow. The Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC), Datuk Mohamed Thajudeen Abdul Wahab, stated that the Government has initiated efforts to bring back Malaysians who are in that agitating…

Headlines • UK Radicalisation: Third of Muslims Blame Police • Egypt Islamic Authority Issues Fatwa Against Philadelphia Anti-Islam Bus Posters • US Not to Stand By as Iran Backs Rebels in Yemen, Says Kerry • US Defends Arms Sell to Pakistan Details UK Radicalisation: Third of Muslims Blame Police More than a third of British Muslims blame the actions of the police and MI5 for radicalising the younger generation, suggests…

Headlines • US-Iran Nuclear Deal • Premature Victory in Tikrit • Islam in Demand in Europe • Imran Khan Completes U-turn Details US-Iran Nuclear Deal After more than a decade of negotiations Iran and the US appear to have finally come to a deal on Iran's nuclear programme. After long negotiations in Lausanne, Switzerland, Iran and the six world powers announced a framework deal that largely covered the key sticking…