Islamophobia is the product of centuries of narratives stretching from medieval Europe and the Crusades through colonialism, Orientalism, and the modern media age, with anti-Muslim stereotypes repeatedly reshaped to suit changing political, religious, and ideological contexts, portraying Muslims as threats, outsiders, or security risks
Israeli airstrike in Qatar shattered assumptions of immunity and marked the first direct violation of the sovereignty of a Gulf Arab nation, raising questions over the durability of the Abraham Accords or normalization of ties between Arab states and Israel, and deepening fears of escalation
The British rule over India left behind more than partitioned borders. It entrenched the politics of division. From the census categories hardening identities to the stereotypes that demonise, colonial tools of control have been repurposed into modern-day conflicts. What began as a means to consolidate imperial rule survives in the form of fault lines. The Empire ended, but its divisions endure
Arab Muslim polymath Ibn Khaldun’s supply-side economic theory that tax cuts stimulate the economy and generate greater revenues influenced Ronald Reagan’s economic policies, and the Laffer Curve, which shaped modern conservative tax policy
Ali Humayun Akhtar’s ‘Italy and the Islamic World: From Caesar to Mussolini’ is particularly relevant against the backdrop of Giorgia Meloni’s rise as Italy’s first far-right leader since the Second World War, her fearmongering and discriminatory policies against Muslims
