Archive - Ijtihad

The Other Girl in Red

Friends and the free press. Two unforeseen victims of the genocide.

May 20 •

November 2024

The Wealth Transfer Nobody Talks About

US military spending takes from the poor and gives it to the rich, and nobody seems to notice or care.

Nov 10, 2024 •

May 2024

85% of Bill Maher's guests since Oct 7 are white; none are Muslim

It's no surprise he doesn't like Muslims, but this level of bias is extreme.

May 13, 2024 •

April 2024

Let's not forget what Doug Ford had said about Umar Zameer

The Ontario premier was cavalier with his statements at the time of Umar Zameer's hearings, and we should not forget how inappropriate they were.

Apr 21, 2024 •

January 2022

And where is King Cheng?

Chinese maritime engineering was far superior in size and scale to European ones from a century later, yet they did not colonize or plunder. So what did…

Jan 24, 2022 •

The Castration of Sima Qian

The Grand Historian's brutal fate made way for his greatest gift to posterity.

Jan 1, 2022 •

November 2021

The Mughal Empire: A Tale of Two Paintings

Two paintings created 200 years apart tell a story.

Nov 25, 2021 •

September 2021

Obama's Karzai Misstep

Given a chance to course correct, the U.S president's opted for Western idealism to decide the fate of post-2009 Afghanistan

Sep 28, 2021 •

Internal Imperialism in Afghanistan

The despotic reign of Abdur Rahman Khan between 1880-1901 resonates in today's Afghanistan.

Sep 20, 2021 •

The Importance of Subsistence and Sedentary Societies in Afghanistan

Afghanistan is composed of two vastly different societies that have been historically difficult to reconcile, let alone control under a unifying banner.

Sep 8, 2021 •

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