The hours of agony that six-year-old Hind Rajab endured, trapped in her uncle’s car on January 29, 2024, before being murdered, execution-style by the zionist war criminals, strikingly captures the suffering of the Palestinians as well as the evil nature of zionism. Her story must never be forgotten.

By all reckoning, the year 2025 was pretty bad, especially for Muslims. Imposed wars and mass killings were widespread. Unfortunately, the coming year will be no better, perhaps much worse.

The UAE has a population of 10 million but only one million are locals. Despite its tiny size, it is acting as imperialist lite supporting militias in Sudan, Libya, Yemen and even established military bases on lands it does not own. Its tight embrace of zionist Israel is scandalous.

Opinion among Muslims about the third Khalifah ‘Usman is polarized. One group highlights only his positive aspects while another only his negative policies. Abu Dharr provides a balance approach to present a complete picture.

While the truce in Gaza was announced by Trump with much fanfare in October, and Hamas has scruplously observed its tenets, the indicted war criminal Netanyahu has repeatedly violated it without facing any opprobrium. It is time for Trump to confront Netanyahu.

Awareness among Americans that their country is controlled by Israel is growing. They also see Israel as a parasite sucking America’s blood without the latter getting anything in return. Will Americans be able to rescue their country from Israel’s clutches?

That Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal is not in doubt. The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for him. Yet Donald Trump is desperate to save his hide. He has imposed sanctions on ICC judges as well as the chief prosecutor to force them to drop the charges.

Fighting a war based on experience of the last one can often prove costly. No two wars are the same. The terrain, tactics and weapons are all different. Smart strategists learn the lessons of the previous war but not utilise the same tactics. Ukraine offers a good example.

Recep Tayip Erdogan has successfully cloaked his pan-Turkic ambitions in Islamic rhetoric. Committed Muslims, however, are not fooled by this as they see Erdogan’s duplicity. He continues to support zionist Israel as the latter continues its genocide in Gaza.

The killing of student leader and rising political player Osman Hadi in Dhaka has plunged Bangladesh into a crisis. This was precisely the purpose of the perpetrators that the majority of people in Bangladesh see as being supported by India and the Awami League.

How far will the Saudi-Qatari high speed train project go? While the 785 km track will be built, will it realize the economic and passenger potential that is touted? Neither their trade nor their populations give cause for much optimism.

Muslims are not in the driving seat of history. In order to regain power, they have to return to the Seerah of the Prophet (ﷺ). The west-centric political party approach must be abandoned. The Islamic system of governance cannot be implemented by adopting un-Islamic means.

The military is turning Pakistan into a subcontractor of the UAE-Israel-US axis with existential threat to its very existence. This is done without constitutional authority or representative approval. None is deemed necessary. The generals insist they know it all.