Why the Dome of the Rock belongs to us all
by Rashmee
Posted on July 30, 2017 / The Arab Weekly
After a tense couple of weeks, the centrist Jerusalem Post wearily turned to understatement to …
Read MoreFrance might fear terrorism but why does it regard the burqini with trepidation?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 22, 2017
There’s terrorism and then there’s the burqini. Which does the French voter fear more? Does …
Read MoreOf course we shouldn’t blame Islam for terrorism. But don’t let’s gloss over this fact either
by Rashmee
Posted on March 29, 2017
David Shariatmadari’s rather well-argued piece in The Guardian asking if we should blame Islam for …
Read MoreBelgium’s idea of the Islamicate world laid bare at one of its most important museums
by Rashmee
Posted on February 27, 2017
At the Cinquantenaire Museum in Brussels, one of Europe’s largest, there is a beautiful if …
Read MoreHey Washington Post, Allahu Akbar isn’t an ‘Islamist slogan’, it’s said by every Muslim
by Rashmee
Posted on December 23, 2016
Here is a sentence that should concern everyone who wants factual reportage, accuracy and the …
Read MoreKairouan in Tunisia is very conscious that it is the fourth holiest city of Islam
by Rashmee
Posted on January 5, 2016
Most people don’t know that Kairouan in central Tunisia is fourth holiest city of Islam …
Read MoreMore heat than light in Canada’s election debate on the niqab. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on October 7, 2015
Islam is the second biggest religion in Canada. According to 2011 figures, Muslims account for …
Read MoreIs it really true that Mecca is the biggest pedestrian problem in the world?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 27, 2015
That’s what Dirk Helbing, a German academic who studies crowds and panic, said about the …
Read MoreMuslim and Christians will be at level pegging globally by 2050. So?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 6, 2015
Is the West Ready for More Muslims? asks Christopher Flavelle on Bloomberg View. He quotes …
Read MoreIran deal: Now two rival petro-states run by mirror-image theocracies?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 4, 2015
What does the deal with Iran really mean? Over at Quartz, Bobby Ghosh says “the …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK