It doesn’t matter how many people are slaughtered. It doesn’t even matter if they’re children, as they were in Texas yesterday. In America, the response to gun violence is …
Tag: terrorism
How Mass Shooters Pervert a Universal Desire To Make a Difference in the World
There is a mental and psychological dimension to what leads people to commit mass killings. But it is not mental illness or pathology.
‘Are Muslims Victimising Themselves?’
Don’t dismiss the magnitude of our pain just because your bones have never felt its tremors.
Turkish Rappers Call on Citizens to Speak up With Music Video
The video paints a gloomy picture of Turkey and a host of grievances: Murders of women, the destruction of the environment, cruelty to animals, nepotism and police violence.
What Separates Umar Khalid’s Attackers from Other Islamist Terrorists?
If people can proudly claim responsibility for attacking Umar Khalid, then what separates their beliefs and actions from those of terrorist organisations?
Have You Left the Building?
This poem was written in 2014, in the aftermath of the Peshawar school attack that killed 134 children.