# Vox Ummah > Islamic/Muslim Anti-Imperialism ## Posts - [Engineered Hate: How Generative AI Is Reshaping Electoral Politics in India](https://voxummah.com/2026/04/engineered-hate-how-generative-ai-is-reshaping-electoral-politics-in-india/): Shahzeen Khan What if detailed visuals of your worst fears about “the other” appeared on your feed daily? How should it shape your voting choices? Your sense of self? Your perception of those outside your community? MetaAI and similar technologies have given propaganda and digital hate an unprecedented tool to influence the political landscape, fundamentally shifting the dynamics of Indian electoral politics. Leading up to Assam’s April 9, 2026 state election, a monitoring report by Diaspora in Action for Human Rights and Democracy⁠ documented the first large-scale, industrialised use of AI-driven disinformation in an Indian electoral context. Researchers tracked 273 […] - [Spectacle Over Substance: US-Israeli Threats Shattered in South Lebanon](https://voxummah.com/2026/04/spectacle-over-substance-us-israeli-threats-shattered-in-south-lebanon/): Julia Kassem ‘The Israelis are advancing…into their own ambush’ – Al Manar Reporter Samer Haj Ali The Israelis aim to create an image of rapid progress in south Lebanon through aerial photos and drone footage. However, capturing these visuals does not necessarily translate into real ground gains, challenging their narrative of advancement. Israel, reluctant to face Hezbollah due to expected casualties, concentrates on projecting the illusion of strategic success. The use of drone images as proof underscores their focus on optics rather than confirmed ground achievements. Media outlets, local and international alike, amplify Israel’s invasion narrative. By broadcasting threats and […] - [Reclaiming the Prophetic Struggle and Confronting Our Stagnation](https://voxummah.com/2026/04/reclaiming-the-prophetic-struggle-and-confronting-our-stagnation/): Safiyyah Haqq ‎بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ “And, what is the matter with you that you fight not in the cause of Allah and [for] the oppressed among men, women, and children who say, Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper?” Surah Al Nisa, 4:75 ISLAM: THE PINNACLE OF ACTIVISM It is clear that many Muslims today have distanced themselves from the movement for Palestine, taking a comfortable backseat while others assume their positions at the forefront. As followers of Islam, […] - [Gulf Countries and Imperialist Liabilities](https://voxummah.com/2026/03/gulf-countries-and-imperialist-liabilities/): Samer Hassan The collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 90s left the United States as the undisputed global hegemon, positioned to shape the world on its terms. With the “evil empire” gone, as Ronald Reagan labeled it, the US now needed a new justification for maintaining a vast military presence. To justify ongoing imperialist pursuits, the US needed a credible threat. By promoting a new “menace,” it compelled uneasy allies to align with its agenda. While state actors avoided direct confrontation, non-state actors gave the US cover to pursue global interventions. September 11th, 2001, gave the American empire […] - [The Hackers of the Islamic Resistance Movement](https://voxummah.com/2026/03/the-hackers-of-the-islamic-resistance-movement/): A Historical Review of Hamas’ Hackers, Digital Intelligence and Cyberattacks Mujamma Haraket *This post was originally published on Mujamma Haraket’s Substack. One of the facets of the Islamic Resistance Movement that has been overlooked in popular commentary and scholarship alike is the movement’s technological prowess and the Qassam Brigades’ “Cyber Unit” (Quwwat al-Sāybar) and “Electronic Warfare Unit” (Waḥdat al-Ḥarb al-Iliktrūniyya), also known as its “Cyber Weapon” (Silāḥ al-Sāybar). This is despite the fact that this unit has undertaken significant interventions on occupation soldiers, commanders, politicians, and others within command post structures. These intelligence operations have licensed the Qassam Brigades’ subsequent […] - [The Sword and the Neck - Reading the Al-Aqsa Flood: Book Review and Interview](https://voxummah.com/2026/03/the-sword-and-the-neck-reading-the-al-aqsa-flood-book-review-and-interview/): Shabbir Rizvi Calling for civility in the face of anti-colonial violence has always been the reflex of the liberal bourgeoisie. When the oppressed, the colonized, the downtrodden react to systemic violence imposed on them with their own violence, a chorus of voices from the oppressing class blankets the media-sphere and dominates the conversation. Posturing themselves as the enlightened class, the arbiters of civilization, the defenders of democracy against the forces of barbarism, the liberal bourgeoisie deploys the usual tactics and talking points: why can’t the colonized and the oppressed subject engage in peaceful protest and discussion? What happened to dialogue? […] - [As Ramadan Ends, the Ummah Must Unite for Justice and Against Imperialism](https://voxummah.com/2026/03/as-ramadan-ends-the-ummah-must-unite-for-justice-and-against-imperialism/): Saad H. Bashir As we approached the month of Ramadan, Muslim media was inundated with exhortation to gather goodness and blessings during this month, with emphasis on worship and worship rituals. The Quran says: 2:183 كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَام Fasting is ordained for you. Those who are excused are described as well. This command from Allah has to be followed. A few ayats later we see this command: 2:216 كُتِبَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡقِتَالُ Fighting is ordained for you. Identical words. No exceptions mentioned. But as Muslims we follow the first command with great diligence, fanfare and emphasis. But do we follow the […] - [The "Nuance" Trap: Why Standing with Iranian Women Means Opposing the Bombs](https://voxummah.com/2026/03/the-nuance-trap-why-standing-with-iranian-women-means-opposing-the-bombs/): Shambhavi Siddhi In the days following the United States and Israeli strikes on Iran, a familiar pattern reemerged on Indian segments of Twitter and Instagram. As the international community grappled with the escalating turmoil in West Asia, a specific group of Indian feminists, influencers, and self-proclaimed progressives utilized their platforms not for a principled analysis of imperialism, but to perpetuate imperialism itself. Equipped with rhetoric centered on “women’s rights” and “liberation,” they readily embraced Western imperialist rhetoric, employing the deaths of Iranian women as a means to criticise not only the Iranian state but also the perceived “backwardness” of Muslim […] - [Quds Day and the True Promise](https://voxummah.com/2026/03/quds-day-and-the-true-promise/): Shabbir Rizvi “Quds Day is a universal day. It is not an exclusive day for Quds itself. It is a day for the oppressed to rise and stand up against the arrogant.” – Ayatollah Khomeini. The last Friday of Ramadan marks “Quds Day” — a day declared by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 to be a day of international solidarity with the Palestinian cause, as well as the oppressed masses globally. As Arab nationalist resistance efforts entered into an ebb-state, starting with the defeat of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Syria in 1967 and further entrenched by the Camp David Accords in […] - [Pursuing Peace through Pan-Africanism](https://voxummah.com/2026/03/pursuing-peace-through-pan-africanism/): Momodou Taal “Africa must be united in the struggle against colonialism and racism wherever they exist.” – President Ahmed Sekou Toure, speech at the Organisation of African Unity, mid-1960s The Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), which resulted in roughly half a million deaths and more than a million casualties, remains one of the bloodiest interstate wars of the late twentieth century. With the region once again engulfed in war, I turn to our revolutionary ancestors for guidance and understanding. Pan-Africanism is commonly understood as referring to Black people and the African continent. Yet its internationalist dimension is often elided or forgotten. Ahmed […] - [The Facade Breaks: Arab Vassals Held Accountable](https://voxummah.com/2026/03/the-facade-breaks-arab-vassals-held-accountable/): Samer Hassan For two years, Israel committed genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, and the complacent leaders of the world decided it was not a red line. Many went so far as to support it with arms, to increase trade, and to shield it from tangible accountability. Entertainment organizations like FIFA and the Olympics suddenly decided they were apolitical and refused calls to expel Israel. Through the eyes of the elite, the world was to go on as normal, and if it resisted through sustained protests and calls for sanctions, it would be dragged by its heels into complacency and […] - [Western Sahara: Africa’s Last Colony and Living Proof of Imperialist Conspiracies](https://voxummah.com/2026/02/western-sahara-africas-last-colony-and-living-proof-of-imperialist-conspiracies/): Souad.S As imperialism sheds its masks, after decades of neoliberal deception and colonial performance, the African continent is confronting one of the most extreme expressions of imperial war. Many African countries remain subjected to neocolonial domination and external control, while others are caught in imperial proxy wars, capitalist extraction and monopoly, occupation, and renewed forms of colonial intervention. Western Sahara represents a clear case of imperial violence and highlights the role of local collaborators in undermining popular sovereignty and the right of peoples to self-determination. Western Sahara: Between the Berlin Conspiracy and the Madrid Conspiracy Western Sahara’s strategic position, as […] - [AOC Says "No War" — But She's Already Helping Start One](https://voxummah.com/2026/02/aoc-says-no-war-but-shes-already-helping-start-one/): Bronx Anti-War Coalition This statement was posted in its original entirety from Bronx Anti-War Coalition. It has not been edited. On February 21, 2026, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted on X: “No war with Iran.” It got 8+ million views. It was shared widely among progressives. It felt like resistance. It wasn’t. Because look at what those two statements actually say together. In January, she amplified the fabricated narrative that the Iranian government is a uniquely horrific, violent regime that must be confronted — and signals that the U.S. should act. In February, she posts “No war with Iran.” But if you’ve […] - [Venezuela: A New Warning to the Global South](https://voxummah.com/2026/02/venezuela-a-new-warning-to-the-global-south/): Jesús Rojas The events that took place in Venezuela last January 3rd cannot be interpreted as an isolated incident or a simple strategic maneuver on the regional geopolitical chessboard. To reduce the facts—marked by an unprecedented military deployment that culminated in the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and the First Combatant Cilia Flores—to just another episode of tension between Caracas and Washington would be a historical misjudgment. To understand the magnitude of what happened, it is imperative to step back and observe the power dynamics that have characterized the 21st century. Since the end of the Cold War, it has […] - [The bid for recolonization: Rubio’s Munich conference speech signals imperialist reorientation ](https://voxummah.com/2026/02/the-bid-for-recolonization-rubios-munich-conference-speech-signals-imperialist-reorientation/): This article originally appeared on PressTV. Its contents have not been changed. Shabbir Rizvi With the launch of Russia’s military operation, otherwise known as the “Ukraine War” in February 2022, many analysts, commentators, journalists, and the like correctly concluded that a multipolar world order was on its way.   The dramatic reaction to the Russian operation from the US and its NATO alliance sought to isolate Russia financially, removing it from a closely integrated world market – banks, industry, sport, entertainment, etc. This “360” reaction to weaken Russia proved futile, as Russia absorbed the initial financial shock, recalibrated, and turned […] - [Confirming Everything and Changing Nothing: Epstein and Imperialist Preservation](https://voxummah.com/2026/02/confirming-everything-and-changing-nothing-epstein-and-imperialist-preservation/): Marwa Yousuf K. A billionaire traffics minors for other billionaires (and multi-millionaires), ferries them across borders in private jets, houses them on his private island buffered by ocean and law; the details are documented, leaked, litigated, archived, and still the shape of it feels structurally familiar. Not because the acts are peripheral but because the insulation is ordinary. Extreme wealth already lives behind sealed records, shell corporations, private airspace, diplomatic protection; so naturally, the scandal registers as grotesque, but not alien. That distinction matters. The Epstein files might’ve stunned the general public, but they did not destabilise the system that […] - [Malaysia’s Unfinished Struggle for Unity and Self-Determination](https://voxummah.com/2026/02/malaysias-unfinished-struggle-for-unity-and-self-determination/): Ayman Hareez Muhammad Adib In popular Malaysian discourse, conversations about local political developments tend to be reduced to the binary opposition between conservatism and liberalism. On the former end, the story goes that Malaysia is a Muslim country because its dominant indigenous population (i.e., the Malays) are, according to the Federal Constitution (FC), all Muslims. Therefore, Malaysia, as a national entity, rightfully belongs to the Malay people and should be governed in accordance with Islamic principles, understood as the implementation of Muslim-specific social, political, economic, legal, and cultural norms. On the other hand, it is said that Malaysia does not […] - [De Facto World War: Hegemonic Religious Warfare of the 21st Century](https://voxummah.com/2026/02/de-facto-world-war-hegemonic-religious-warfare-of-the-21st-century/): This article was republished from Abbas Muntaqim’s substack. No changes were made to the content. We encourage the reader to subscribe and support him. Abbas Muntaqim What Is a De Facto World War?(A de facto world war is one in which war is continuous, global, undeclared, and administered through economic, informational, clandestine warfare and contained military force, as well as proxy mechanisms, rather than formal military declarations of war. It is asymmetrical, hybrid, and maintains Western Judeo-Christian civilizational hegemony, with the United States as the chief hegemonic officer. By “Western Judeo-Christian,” I am denoting a European empire-building alliance among specific Western […] - [Accented Proxies: Imperialist Weaponisation of Diaspora Voices](https://voxummah.com/2026/01/accented-proxies-imperialist-weaponisation-of-diaspora-voices/): Marwa Yousuf K “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” – Audre Lorde In the age of soft warfare, empire needs brokers, not boots on the ground. The battlefield is no longer limited to terrain; it has expanded to narrative, and the most potent weapons in this war are not drones or diplomats but proxies – and among the most potent are diaspora communities. These are not incidental populations; they are carriers of memory, capital, linguistic dexterity, and transnational networks. They hold sway in media, policymaking, academia, and cultural production. And imperialism knows it. These populations are not […] - [Interview: Zainab Zakariyah on Iran, Resistance, and the False Narratives that Plague the Republic](https://voxummah.com/2026/01/interview-zainab-zakariyah-on-iran-resistance-and-the-false-narratives-that-plague-the-republic/): Conducted by Qasim Ansari for VoxUmmah In the wake of Israel’s war on Gaza – and the subsequent escalation across the region – Iran once again finds itself framed as both instigator and threat. The narratives are familiar: the Islamic Republic as an oppressive regime that must be dismantled and resistance as proxy warfare. But beneath these headlines lie deeper questions: about sovereignty, theology, memory, and power. What does it mean for a nation to remain defiant in a world that demands submission? What price does resistance carry when shaped by faith? To explore these questions, VoxUmmah sat down with […] - [Time as Pendulum: A Geometry of Power](https://voxummah.com/2026/01/time-as-pendulum-a-geometry-of-power/): Marwa Yousuf K Time does not walk forward; it swings. Not evenly, not gently, but with the burden of consequence – back and forth between oppression and revolt, wealth and ruin, power and its collapse. It is not progress that drives history but pressure, rupture, and recoil. History, when told by the empire, is made to look like ascent. But when you examine the bones beneath – the enslaved, the looted, the scorched, you begin to see the rhythm for what it is: not a line but a pendulum. More than poetic, this metaphor is analytical. It reveals that what […] - [Bronx Anti-War Coalition Statement: Iran Is Not Erupting. It’s Being Attacked.](https://voxummah.com/2026/01/bronx-anti-war-coalition-statement-iran-is-not-erupting-its-being-attacked/): This statement was republished from the Bronx Anti-War Coalition. Its text content is unedited. What Is Actually Happening in Iran — and the Only Correct Anti-Imperialist Position Let’s be clear from the start: this is not complex, this is not nuanced, and this is not a situation where “two truths can exist at the same time.” That framing is pushed by reactionary diaspora figures, liberals, and pro–regime change fake leftists to obscure responsibility and blur political lines. There are only two sides. You either stand with Iran as it defends its sovereignty, or you stand with U.S. imperialism and Zionism, […] - [US Proxies Vie for Their Place as Israeli Grip Slips](https://voxummah.com/2026/01/us-proxies-vie-for-their-place-as-israeli-grip-slips/): Julia Kassem As America plans to withdraw from its entanglements in West Asia and return to a focus on China, America’s proxy powers are scrambling for influence. Netanyahu’s recent summit with Cyprus and Greece underscored an Israeli inclination to undercut Turkish regional influence and consolidate regional energy control through the IMEC/East Med project, rivaling the Qatari-funded Turkey-Syria pipeline. Playing into Cyprus and Greece’s historically-charged anxieties about a neo-Ottoman revival – (Netanyahu sent this clear message to Ankara at the summit in saying ‘those who fantasize they can reestablish their empires and their dominion over our lands…forget it’) While Israel and […] - [Why Strikes on Venezuela Prepare the Ground for War Against Iran](https://voxummah.com/2026/01/why-strikes-on-venezuela-prepare-the-ground-for-war-against-iran/): Aymun Moosavi The campaign against Venezuela is not disconnected from Washington’s larger imperialist project – it is a critical part of it. Beyond the direct attempt to dismantle the Bolivarian revolution, the war on Venezuela serves two key external purposes: to strangle resisting nations that insist on their sovereignty, and to reduce the costs – political, economic, and strategic – of a future war with Iran: Change in tactics, not objectives The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) is clear in its intent: revive a colonial doctrine that divides the world into two, ensuring that the Western Hemisphere remains firmly […] - [Silencing Iranian Voices: Academic Freedom Under Siege in the U.S.](https://voxummah.com/2026/01/silencing-iranian-voices-academic-freedom-under-siege-in-the-u-s/): Roya Pour Bagher Shirin Saeidi, an Iranian professor at the University of Arkansas, was recently fired from her position as director of the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies. While the university denies this connection, this move strongly appears to be prompted by a post on social media in which she praised the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, for his role in protecting Iran during the Israeli attacks in June and prayed for his safety and the safety of Iranians. The University insists its decision was based on what it called Dr. Saeidi’s misuse of […] - [Gen. Soleimani: Master Strategist, Architect of Resistance Axis](https://voxummah.com/2026/01/gen-soleimani-master-strategist-architect-of-resistance-axis/): Shabbir Rizvi This article was republished from PressTV. Only the title was changed from the original publication. In April of 2024, the mood within the occupied Palestinian territories was tense. Israeli regime had launched strikes on Damascus aimed at the Iranian diplomatic mission, resulting in the martyrdom of Islamic Revolution Guards (IRGC) Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and other senior officers. The escalation was unprecedented in terms of the Israeli aggression within the region – the occupation’s arrogance in the face of a multi-front resistance campaign against it forced it to sink to new lows in terms of its criminal […] - [The Lakhani Affair & Pakistan’s Russian Oil Gamble](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/the-lakhani-affair-pakistans-russian-oil-gamble/): ​South Shaheen In late 2024, UK and EU sanctions quietly landed on a 63-year-old Canadian-Pakistani oil trader named Murtaza Ali Lakhani. The charge was that through a web of trading firms, Tejarinaft, Fossil Trading, and a Dubai-based entity called Amur II, Lakhani had allegedly helped Russian crude slip through the cracks of Western sanctions. British authorities accused his network of becoming “some of the largest traders of Russian oil since 2022,” profiting from flows that help finance Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine. The significance was not simply that a trader had been sanctioned. It was who was sanctioned, when, […] - [Analysis: The Opioid War on Kashmir](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/analysis-the-opioid-war-on-kashmir/): Janan Hassan There is a reason this story is always told from the middle – not from the first transaction, not from the first border crossed, not from the moment despair met distribution and called it medicine, but from the overdose, the relapse, the final breath of the person already deemed disposable – because to trace the story back to the beginning would mean indicting the systems not yet ready to stand trial, to admit that addiction does not erupt but is engineered, that its conditions are laid like scaffolding. The collapse it causes is not accidental but operational. And […] - [Reimagining Indigeneity Within Two Islamic Worlds: The Middle East and Southeast Asia](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/reimagining-indigeneity-within-two-islamic-worlds-the-middle-east-and-southeast-asia/): Auf A. Said I grew up in the kampung heart of Tanjung Priok district in Jakarta, Indonesia, a place people call pinggiran, yet somehow more cosmopolitan than the polished neighbourhoods that claim the city’s official identity. Here, I lived within my familiar bubble of the Bugis-Makassar community. It was a world built not on doctrine or textbooks, but on everyday rituals that never needed names. Pantang larang (taboo), ancestral memory, the rhythm of Bugis-Makassar traditions, all of it formed the pulse of daily life long before any scholar arrived to give it labels. Moving out of town in my teens, […] - [The Futuwwa of the Men Resisting](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/the-futuwwa-of-the-men-resisting/): Arthemis Snijders ​“A young man [fatan] who was mentioned among them — his name was Ibrāhīm.” (Qur’ān 21:60) ​The Qur’ānic word fatan – from which we derive the concept of futuwwa appears here to describe Prophet Ibrāhīm عليه السلام at the moment of his most radical clarity. He had shattered the idols of his people, leaving only the largest one untouched. When confronted, they referred to him with that term: “a young man, Ibrāhīm.” Not merely to mark his age, but to signal his moral audacity. His willingness to rupture from the order around him. ​In Sufi commentary, this act […] - [Vox Ummah Exclusive Interview: Political Prisoner Malik Muhammad on Palestine Action, Islam, and Anti-Imperialism](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/vox-ummah-exclusive-interview-political-prisoner-malik-muhammad-on-palestine-action-islam-and-anti-imperialism/): This interview was conducted in collaboration with Malik Muhammad’s representative team. Vox Ummah has not edited any of the content. We hope you take the time to read this interview, and after digesting its content, renew your struggle for the Palestinian cause and stand in solidarity with those facing state repression because of their principled stand against Imperialism. If you want to get involved, here are 8 different ways to stand in solidarity with the hunger strikers. Introduction The publication of this interview on December 19th marks day 48 of the historic Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike—the largest prisoner hunger […] - [Syria’s Collapse: How Assad’s Fall Reshaped West Asia’s Strategic Balance](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/syrias-collapse-how-assads-fall-reshaped-west-asias-strategic-balance/): Mohammed Al Faraj This article was republished from Sovereign Media. One year after Syria’s government fell, the promised liberation has given way to dispossession. While Washington and Tel Aviv celebrate the dismantling of an independent military model and the severing of the Axis of Resistance, Syria’s people face massacres, economic strangulation, and a government more concerned with courting Israeli approval than building sovereignty. On the morning of 8 December 2024, a pivotal shift unfolded in our region: the Syrian state collapsed after a 14-year war led by the United States. Veiled behind false concern for democracy and human rights, Washington’s […] - [Fragmenting the Ummah: How and Why the Malay Neocolony Disrupts Islamic Unity](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/fragmenting-the-ummah-how-and-why-the-malay-neocolony-disrupts-islamic-unity/): Ayman Hareez Muhammad Adib A few months ago, during a conversation regarding global and local politics, my Maoist friend was surprised to hear me say that Hadi Awang, the current president of the controversial Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), had expressed support for Iran’s struggle against Israel. His shock was due to the widespread chronic online assumption that the president was a Shia-hating Salafi. This, however, is far from reality. A quick internet search would reveal that Hadi Awang has many times, through speeches and written statements, affirmed that the Shia, although considered outside the creed of Ahlul Sunnah wal Jama’ah, […] - [No Ummah in Capitalism](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/no-ummah-in-capitalism/): Muanis Sinanović In 1882, Karl Marx traveled outside Europe for the first time and set foot in one of the colonized lands with which he had previously engaged only in theory. He landed on the coast of Algeria and soon after wrote to his daughter Eleanor, “For Mussulmans, there is no such thing as subordination. Inequality is an abomination to ‘a true Mussulman’ (a Muslim), but these sentiments ‘will go to rack and ruin without a revolutionary movement.” Nearly a century and a half later, his prediction appears grimly accurate. Much of the Islamic world remains marked by profound inequality, […] - [Book Review: No Neutrals There: US Labor, Zionism, and The Struggle for Palestine](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/book-review-no-neutrals-there-us-labor-zionism-and-the-struggle-for-palestine/): Striking for Palestine: The Future of Resistance in Labor Struggles in America  Aminah Sheikh (Revised, and initially published in Spring Magazine) In 1973, the United Auto Workers (UAW) purchased over $300,000 in Israeli bonds, enabling the ongoing Nakba of the Palestinian people. But in response, Arab American autoworkers from the Dodge Chrysler Plant in Detroit led UAW Local 1112 to walk off the job in a one-day wildcat strike for Palestine. Detroit was the heart of the automobile industry and had seen militant workplace organizing. This militancy from the Arab Workers Caucus successfully won local divestment from Israeli bonds.  Arab […] - [Praxis and Tafakkur: Freire’s Critical Pedagogy and Islamic Liberatory Learning](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/praxis-and-tafakkur-freires-critical-pedagogy-andislamic-liberatory-learning/): Sham Murad I first read Paulo Freire’s ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ long before I ever consciously entered the Islamic intellectual tradition, at a time when I was still trying to make sense of the world as an Iraqi asylum seeker growing up in the UK, navigating classrooms, languages, and the quiet dislocations that come with living between worlds. My family was not particularly religious, yet the Qur’anic ethos was always there in the way my mother spoke about justice, in the moral texture of our home, and in the subtle expectation that knowledge should elevate character rather than inflate ego. […] - [Blessed Land, Cursed Resolutions: Prophetic Warnings Against Imperialist 'Peace' in Palestine](https://voxummah.com/2025/12/blessed-land-cursed-resolutions-prophetic-warnings-against-imperialist-peace-in-palestine/): Salma Amrou The United Nations has long been an instrument of Western hegemony: when it called for the partition of Palestinian land in 1947 through the UN General Assembly’s Resolution 181, when the United States used its disproportionate UN veto power multiple times throughout the past two years of genocide to protect the Zionist entity, and more recently, when the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) passed Resolution 2803, approving the establishment of a “Board of Peace,” analogous to the British High Commissioner during the era of the British Mandate. In other words, imperialist powers are yet again demanding that Palestinians […] - [Asiya Andrabi: The Woman Who Refused Liberal Containment](https://voxummah.com/2025/11/asiya-andrabi-the-woman-who-refused-liberal-containment/): Shambhavi Siddhi In Kashmir’s protracted conflict with Indian occupation, Asiya Andrabi emerges as a figure both feared and respected, a devout Muslim woman who chose to make faith the foundation of her resistance. Born in Srinagar in the early 1960s, she possesses a BSc degree in Biochemistry and an MA in Arabic from the University of Kashmir. Her political awareness was initially sparked through theological study: after reading “Khawateen ki Dilon ki Baatein” by Mayil Khairabadi, which presents the life of Maryam Jameelah, an American-Jewish convert to Islam, Andrabi commenced studying the Qur’an with tafsīr and organized women into study […] - [White Supremacy and Anti-Communism as Counter-Insurgency: Lessons from British Imperialism in Malaya](https://voxummah.com/2025/11/white-supremacy-and-anti-communism-as-counter-insurgency-lessons-from-british-imperialism-in-malaya/): Fadiah Nadwa Fikri In July this year, members of Parliament in the United Kingdom voted overwhelmingly to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. To enable this proscription, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper tabled a draft order to amend the Terrorism Act 2000 in the House of Commons, where it passed by a vote of 385 to 26. This move was made days after the organisation’s actionists broke into RAF Brize Norton, the largest Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire, and sprayed red paint onto the turbine engines of two military planes, resulting in losses worth millions of pounds, according to […] - [Remembering Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid (1951-2025)](https://voxummah.com/2025/11/remembering-imam-talib-abdur-rashid-1951-2025/): Rasul Miller Muslims across the U.S. are mourning the loss of an immense spiritual, ethical, and political luminary – Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rasheed (1951-2025). Imam Talib served as the Imam of the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood (MIB) in the village of Harlem, New York for over 35 years – a position he was elected to shortly after the passing of the mosque’s founding Imam, Shaykh Ahmed K. Tawfiq (1936-1988).  MIB is the lineal descendant of the Muslim Mosque, Inc. (MMI), which Malcolm X founded in 1964 after leaving the Nation of Islam. Imam Talib described his mosque as “a congregation […] - [Zohran Mamdani's Election and What it Means to Be Muslim](https://voxummah.com/2025/11/zohran-mamdanis-election-and-what-it-means-to-be-muslim/): Cover Photo from Yuki Iwamura / AP Azeem Khan Since the heyday of European colonialism, Muslim reformists have argued for integration into the modern world and acceptance of the hegemonic order. In a similar vein, Muslims in the West are told to celebrate their successes and milestones: the first Muslim mayor, the first Muslim congresswoman, the first Muslim state legislator. Each victory is hailed as a step forward for “representation” and a sign of their arrival in the political mainstream. It’s even hailed as an example of Western pluralism’s beauty. But as a live-streamed genocide unfolds in Gaza, facilitated and […] - [Mamdani and The Liberal Repackaging of Power](https://voxummah.com/2025/11/mamdani-and-the-liberal-repackaging-of-power/): Marwa Yousuf K. In the shadow of genocide, while Gaza burns and its skies bear witness to one of the most one-sided assaults in modern history, a Muslim man ran for mayor in the heart of empire and won. People celebrated, calling it a win for progress, diversity, and even justice, as if a scheduled political election had reversed history. As if liberation had arrived not in the form of dismantling state power but by crowning someone who could speak against it politely from within its walls. Zohran Mamdani’s ascent was a familiar ritual – liberalism’s favourite act: taking the […] - [Scramble for Central Asia: Why the US is Pushing Normalization and Resource Extraction from Kazakhstan](https://voxummah.com/2025/11/scramble-for-central-asia-why-the-us-is-pushing-normalization-and-resource-extraction-from-kazakhstan/): Julia Kassem Trump’s November 6 summit with Central Asian leaders included several deals. The US President announced a $35 billion investment by Uzbekistan into ‘key American industries’ – though this wasn’t confirmed by either government, but did include investments in “geological surveying for critical minerals, water conservation technologies, soybean purchases, cotton exports and artificial intelligence.” His meeting with Kazakhstan culminated in the signing of 29 bilateral agreements, valued at approximately $17 billion, including $1.1 billion in Tungsten exploration. Nestled between Russia, China, and Iran, Central Asia is at the crossroads of Eurasian civilizations, a region where the Silk Road served […] - [The Flood of Awakening and the Imperialist Backlash](https://voxummah.com/2025/11/the-flood-of-awakening-and-the-imperialist-backlash/): Shabbir Rizvi Al Aqsa Flood exposed the mechanics of a system that had sustained Zionist settler-colonialism in Palestine for seventy-five years while extracting surplus from the entire Global South. Imperialism, led by and centered within the United States, enabled by European junior partners, and serviced by regional compradors such as the UAE and the recently installed HTS regime in Syria, had operated with a carefully crafted ideological cover. From network television to newspapers to social media influence operations, imperialist actors work to frame Palestinian resistance as irrational, primordial violence. Conversely, Israeli barbarism is framed as legitimate security, which in turn […] - [Vox Ummah Exclusive Interview: President Alireza Mirghaffari Federation of Gas Refinery Workers’ Associations - Bushehr Province](https://voxummah.com/2025/11/vox-ummah-exclusive-interview-president-alireza-mirghaffarifederation-of-gas-refinery-workers-associations-bushehr-province/): In this exclusive interview, the Vox Ummah team discussed ongoing labor developments with the Iranian Federation of Gas Refinery Workers’ Associations (Bushehr Province) President Alireza Mirghaffari. The interview focuses on the gas workers’ strike, the workers’ orientation to imperialism, their support for their homeland, and their demands for better working conditions. Q: Could you start by describing what this facility does, who it serves, and where the gas is exported? We want readers to understand the scale of your work and its importance to the national economy. A: The South Pars Gas Complex, the world’s largest natural gas field, comprises […] - [Invisible Citizens- The Everyday Architecture of Apartheid in India](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/invisible-citizens-the-everyday-architecture-of-apartheid-in-india/): Sara Ather Scores of homes and properties belonging to Indian Muslims were demolished recently in the states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, India. The controversy that led to these demolitions began in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where Muslim residents displayed a banner reading “I Love Muhammad” during Eid Milad un Nabi celebrations, which rapidly escalated into a nationwide crackdown. The display was deemed provocative by local police, leading to arrests under the pretext of disturbing communal harmony. According to news reports, more than 4,000 Muslims were subsequently booked and hundreds arrested across several BJP-ruled states for displaying or chanting the slogan. […] - [How the U.S. is Fueling Sudan’s Genocide](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/how-the-u-s-is-fueling-sudans-genocide/): Suad Abdel Aziz Sudan is living through one of the worst crises in modern history. For over 900 days, civilians have endured unprecedented rates of mass killings, forced displacement, sexual violence and man-made famine at the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As a Sudanese-American human rights lawyer engaged in documenting, mapping and challenging these atrocities, I have watched the United States cast itself as a neutral broker of peace in Sudan while pursuing policies that actively perpetuate the genocide. In September, the Treasury Department baselessly issued terrorism-related designations under […] - [ICC: Why AES Countries Ditched The West's 'Instrument Of Neo-Colonial Repression'](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/icc-why-aes-countries-ditched-the-wests-instrument-of-neo-colonial-repression/): Mayowa Durosinmi “If Africa wants to take charge of itself, it must be entirely self-reliant, in every domain of life.” These were the exact choice of words profoundly uttered by a Sahelian in an interview with Comra when Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, the three founding members of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), announced their withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on September 22, 2025. This historic move, deemed by the collective Western-funded human rights bodies as a “serious backwards step in the fight against impunity in the Sahel region”, is not simply a […] - [How General Soleimani Cemented Venezuela-Iran Anti-Imperialist Alliance](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/how-general-soleimani-cemented-venezuela-iran-anti-imperialist-alliance/): Musa Iqbal This article was republished from PressTV. No changes were made to the original content. In recent decades, the alliance between Iran and Venezuela has emerged as a significant geopolitical development, rooted in shared ideological commitments and mutual resistance to Western hegemonic agendas. This solidarity, forged in the people’s common struggle against Western sanctions and military aggression, combined with a history of resilience against invaders, represents a strategic partnership that transcends geographical and cultural divides. Both nations, rich in natural resources yet burdened by external pressures that seek to dominate them, have cultivated a relationship that encompasses economic cooperation, […] - [Balfour 2.0: Tony Blair and the New Colonial Blueprint for Palestine](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/balfour-2-0-tony-blair-and-the-new-colonial-blueprint-for-palestine/): Roya Pour Bagher Over a century after British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour’s declaration initiated the settler-colonial project in Palestine, another British figure has emerged to salvage the sinking ship of Zionist Occupation. U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing that Tony Blair oversee the redevelopment of Palestinian land and its governance, specifically in the context of the “reconstruction” of Gaza. The same man played a significant role in the United States’ (and its coalition) invasion and occupation of Iraq, which led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, destabilizing the state and plunging the region into chaos. […] - [Yahya Sinwar: The Life and Legacy of Gaza’s “Iron Man”](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/yahya-sinwar-the-life-and-legacy-of-gazas-iron-man/): Mohammad Khan Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar — known to many as Abu Ibrahim — was martyred in combat in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. For Palestinians, his death marked not only the loss of Hamas’s top leader but the symbolic closing of a generational chapter in Gaza’s long history of resistance and suffering. Sinwar’s life —from refugee to political prisoner to leader of one of the most influential Palestinian movements —is an embodiment of the trajectory of a people defined by displacement, defiance, and enduring struggle. A Child of the Nakba Born in 1962 in the Khan Younis refugee […] - [Saleh al-Jafarawi: Hāfidh, Shahīd, and Muqāwim](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/saleh-al-jafarawi-ha%ef%ac%81dh-shahid-and-muqawim/): Marwa Yousuf K.  “There is no other way towards liberation but resistance. There couldn’t possibly be any other way… You must fight. You must get martyred. There is a tax that we must pay.” These are Saleh al-Jafarawi’s words. Twenty seven, a journalist, a hāfidh of Allāh’s Book… and now a shahīd. Saleh didn’t fall in an airstrike, though they tried. He wasn’t taken out by a drone or vanished beneath debris, nor did he starve or choke on the smoke of phosphorus bombs. He survived all of that and stood tall for two years through a genocide, only to […] - [Ceasefire ≠ Defeat: Why the Truce Is a Tactical Win for the Resistance ](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/ceasefire-%e2%89%a0-defeat-why-the-truce-is-a-tactical-win-for-the-resistance/): Marwa Yousuf K.  “And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a Day when eyes will stare in horror.” — Qur’ān 14:42  The ceasefire between the Israeli occupation and Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza is now in full effect. People have begun returning to their homes – or to the rubble where homes once stood. But while the optics of calm dominate headlines, it is critical to understand what this ceasefire actually represents from the perspective of the resistance: not a step toward lasting peace, but a tactical decision made under […] - [Beyond the Binary: Reclaiming Humanity in the Necropolitical Age](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/beyond-the-binary-reclaiming-humanity-in-the-necropolitical-age/): Zainab Taonga Chirwa “We have certainly honoured the children of Adam” (Qur’an 17:70) This divine declaration is where any conversation about human worth must begin. It is not empire, liberal democracy, or the modern State that bestows dignity; rather, it is Allah (swt). To deny that dignity and reduce some lives to numbers and others to disposable bodies is a grave sin and a great oppression (dhulm).  Yet our present moment is marked precisely by such oppression. Whether scrolling through social media, watching the news, or tuning into the radio, one is overwhelmed by images of genocide in Gaza, wars […] - [Imperialism Is Killing Democracy at Home and Abroad](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/imperialism-is-killing-democracy-at-home-and-abroad/): Roshni Ahmed and Seelai Karzai “America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world,” Trump claimed at his second inaugural address this past January. But many impacted by the injustices of the United States share a different reality. America touts itself as the blueprint for democracy and freedom, but simultaneously engages in anti-democratic practices both at home and abroad. We often divorce domestic and international issues, neglecting to remember that America’s existence as an imperial power is deeply connected to the outcome of people […] - [“Now, and not tomorrow” - Al Aqsa Flood Two Years Later](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/now-and-not-tomorrow-al-aqsa-flood-two-years-later/): Aidan Haj Qassem October 7th 2023 – Palestinian resistance shocked the world. On this day, the martyr Mohammed Deif, the undaunted commander of Al-Qassam brigades, stated as the mujahideen he led flew over the walls that entrapped them: “الان و ليس غدا،” “Now, and not tomorrow”. After Gaza had faced two decades of siege, after decades of settlement expansions in the West Bank, after Palestine being occupied for 76 years, the Al-Qassam brigades showed the world that it is now and not tomorrow that Palestinians will resist and shatter the Occupation. On this day, the resistance broke the myth of […] - [No Justice, No Peace: Statements Will Never Be Enough](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/no-justice-no-peace-statements-will-never-be-enough/): Shagirde Razavi What does peace look like when children are trapped in burning cars, hospitals lie in ruin, and world powers drown in silence? Peace should be a moment of reflection, moral clarity, a promise that “never again” really means something. But for Gaza, peace today feels like a far-off dream mocked by violence, delayed justice, and international complicity. Changing the Terms of the Debate An independent UN Commission of Inquiry, led by former International Criminal Court judge Navi Pillay, has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, identifying four of the five prohibited acts under the 1948 convention.  […] - [Hamas flips the script with calculated, strategic response to Trump’s Gaza 'plan'](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/hamas-flips-the-script-with-calculated-strategic-response-to-trumps-gaza-plan/): Musa Iqbal This article was republished from PressTV. No changes were made to the original content. The past month has highlighted the global impact of the heroic Palestinian resistance operation, “Al Aqsa Flood,” which will complete two years on Tuesday. From the Israeli occupation regime’s isolation and condemnation at the UN General Assembly, a UN commission’s finding of genocide in Gaza, and international support for the Global Flotilla (Sumud) to break the naval blockade, to the resistance delivering decisive blows on the battlefield, the occupation regime has clearly been forced onto the back foot. The writing is on the wall: […] - [Theology and Praxis: The Path to Liberation](https://voxummah.com/2025/10/theology-and-praxis-the-path-to-liberation/): Dr. Sharaiz Chaudhry This article is part of a series on Islamic Liberation Theology. You can read part one, “The Theoretical Origins of Islamic Liberation Theology” by clicking here. The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it. – Karl Marx In the first part of our introduction to Islamic Liberation Theology (ILT), we outlined its theoretical foundations, which recognised religious interpretation as the product of power relations in society. It seeks to challenge those understandings that uphold an oppressive status quo and provide an alternative that centres the marginalised. It is, however, […] - [Global North Muslims: Confronting the War Machine](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/global-north-muslims-confronting-the-war-machine/): Omer Tayyab he genocide in Gaza continues unabated as most Muslims around the world watch in horror. Unable to impact events in any material way, the current state of affairs has laid bare the lack of weight Muslim sentiment holds in a world controlled by Western elites and traitors to the Ummah. While the Palestinians (alongside the wider axis of resistance) continue to write tales of incredible sacrifice, unbreakable courage and unshakable faith against impossible odds, the larger Muslim community remains immobile.  This lack of motion doesn’t stem from apathy, though some elements among Muslims do display this trait. It […] - [R/evolutionary Love: Remembering Assata Shakur and Her Comrades, Known and Unknown](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/r-evolutionary-love-remembering-assata-shakur-and-her-comrades-known-and-unknown/): This article was republished from Abbas Muntaqim’s substack. No changes were made to the content. We encourage the reader to subscribe and support him. Abbas Muntaqim R/evolutionary love is a transformative energy that has the inertia capable of defeating goliaths multiple times over. It is a love that is a byproduct of love for God—which produces an unshakable faith capable of defeating armies of shaytans. When reflecting on Assata’s life, she is a prime example of someone who embodied r/evolutionary love. This is a love so deep that it can even reach the unknown valleys of the deep ocean. This […] - [Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: A Life of Resistance and Leadership](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/sayyed-hassan-nasrallah-a-life-of-resistance-and-leadership/): Mohammad KhanAbove photo sourced from Reuters Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s image has become a global symbol of resistance. His portrait is seen in demonstrations worldwide, adorning cars, homes, shops, and even office walls across the Muslim world. His face, recognizable with its distinctive beard, glasses, and calm demeanor, is featured on posters, murals, and banners, while quotes from his speeches are chosen as ringtones or shared online by his admirers. Beyond his image, Nasrallah is globally revered as a leader widely regarded for his charisma, integrity, and steadfastness. But behind the legend lies the story of a man who rose from […] - [The Economy of Small Things](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/the-economy-of-small-things/): Marwa Yousuf K.  “So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.” — Qur’ān 99:7–8  The verse is small in its scale, almost hushed, yet it unsettles everything. An atom’s weight – so slight the fingers cannot feel it, so tiny the eyes cannot see it – placed on the scales of eternity. And suddenly, the economy of the world is inverted. If this were divine accounting, then the centre of political economy is not only where numbers shout in billions but where life is kept going […] - [“Wallahi You’re Finished”: Contemporary Right-Wing Islam as a Response to Fascism in the Imperial Core](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/wallahi-youre-finished-contemporary-right-wing-islam-as-a-response-to-fascism-in-the-imperial-core/): Aisha Ali Fascism is here. Its global rise has been extensively documented, yet the shock persists only in the minds of those in the imperial core. However, the ebbs and flows of Western totalitarianism are nothing new. The fangs of Western colonialism and imperialism inevitably sink back into those who had benefited initially from the exportation of pain to the global south. Each time, instead of creating alternatives to systems that destroy our homelands and restrict our lives in the core, we retreat to fundamentalism and anti-intellectualism – particularly in the approach to religion.  Over the past decade, online Islamic […] - [Palestine Solidarity and the German State Apparatuses: Confronting Imperialist Ideology](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/palestine-solidarity-and-the-german-state-apparatuses-confronting-imperialist-ideology/): Hur Qassemi Heidelberg: In Germany, despite large protests in Berlin and Frankfurt with tens of thousands of pro-Palestine supporters opposing the Zionist entity and its ally, the German state, the imperialist network remains unmoved, and the broader population stays largely silent and passive. Every protest and demonstration for Palestine experiences state repression. The German state arrests dozens of people – most of them have become habitual offenders – for raising slogans like “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, holding a picture of resistance fighter Leila Khaled, comparing the genocide in Gaza with the Nazi Holocaust, or […] - [Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Hidden Hand of Imperialists](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/crisis-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-and-the-hidden-hand-of-imperialists/): Didier Aksanti and Laura Ziegler  It has been three months since the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed a peace agreement with Rwanda, brokered by Washington. Following the recent UN report highlighting large-scale massacres in areas occupied by M23 rebels supported by the Rwandan army, particularly near Virunga National Park in Rutshuru territory, Oicha, Beni, and Ituri in the far north and east of the country, the US remains determined to take control of the DRC’s mining areas, including those located in areas controlled by M23 rebels. It should be noted that the war in the DRC is not an […] - [Kashmiri Community Resists Shrine Violations, State Cracks Down](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/kashmiri-community-resists-shrine-violations-state-cracks-down/): The author of this article requested that their identity remain anonymous due to security issues. When people arrived at the Hazratbal Shrine in Kashmir for Friday prayers on September 5, they didn’t expect anything unusual. But what they saw shocked them. A sculpted plaque with the Ashoka Emblem, the symbol of the Indian state, had been placed inside the shrine.  This is the same shrine that houses a sacred relic believed to be a relic of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Many felt an installation of this design was meant to cause outrage. The plaque was smashed, as worshippers saw it […] - [Activist Faces Hate Crime Trial Over Anti-Israel Graffiti in Texas](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/activist-faces-hate-crime-trial-over-anti-israel-graffiti-in-texas/): Mohammad Khan *As of September 12th, the hate crime charge has been dropped. However, we encourage you to read the article to understand this development as a larger push to criminalize Palestinian solidarity. In early September 2025, a jury trial is set to commence in North Texas for 32-year-old activist Raunaq Alam. He faces charges of spray-painting the phrase “F** Israel”* on the wall of a non-denominational church in Euless, a city approximately 20 minutes from Fort Worth. While the graffiti accusation is grave, Alam and his attorney are more concerned about the broader implications of the charges. Hate-Crime Enhancement […] - [A Reactionary Influencer That Fueled Hatred Until His Final Day](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/a-reactionary-influencer-that-fueled-hatred-until-his-final-day/): Shagirde Razavi Charlie Kirk, born in 1993, built his career on turning outrage into influence. As the founder of Turning Point USA, he positioned himself as the voice of a generation of young conservatives. His platform grew into one of the loudest megaphones for Donald Trump’s reactionary political agenda. His political identity was tied almost entirely to loyalty toward Trump, U.S. exceptionalism, and staunch support for Israel. His unflinching support for imperialist agendas, critiques on culture through a reactionary lens, and career built on igniting racist hatred made Kirk the poster boy for American exceptionalism. On September 10, 2025, Kirk […] - [A.M. Babu on Ibn Khaldun: The Pursuit of Non-Western Precursors to Marx](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/a-m-babu-on-ibn-khaldun-the-pursuit-of-non-western-precursors-to-marx/): Zeyad el Nabolsy Abdulrahman Mohammed Babu (1924–1996) was one of the most significant African Marxist thinkers and political figures of the twentieth century. One of the key problems that confronted Babu was the claim that Marxism was a Western product, marked by the particular concerns of the West, and thus could not be applied elsewhere. In response, Babu argued that the materialist conception of history is not exclusive to the West. Babu claimed that Ibn Khaldun anticipated some of the elements of Marx’s thought.  Babu, however, did not provide any evidence in support of his claim, although such evidence exists. […] - [The Theoretical Origins of Islamic Liberation Theology](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/the-theoretical-origins-of-islamic-liberation-theology/): Dr. Sharaiz Chaudhry Over the past two years, the world has witnessed Israel’s livestreamed genocide in Palestine and its aggression against the people of West Asia – sponsored and supported by the imperialist powers of North America and Europe. For many, this has opened their eyes to the injustice that lies at the heart of the international system and marks a turning point – how can we accept the status quo, knowing that imperialism and its vassal, Zionism, is willing to sacrifice millions of Palestinians to maintain its dominance? For Muslims, we have seen religious institutions rendered powerless to stop […] - [Sharjeel Imam: Resistance and Struggle against Indian Repression](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/sharjeel-imam-resistance-and-struggle-against-indian-repression/): Shambhavi Siddhi In denying bail to Sharjeel Imam, the Delhi High Court has again demonstrated how India’s judiciary is being weaponized as a tool for political retribution, where dissent is criminalized, and justice is compromised. Sharjeel Imam, a key figure in the organization of the largest sit-in protest in contemporary India—the Shaheen Bagh protest—and a Muslim intellectual presently under unlawful detention by the Indian State, exemplifies one of the most prominent and essential voices advocating for Muslim autonomy within India. Sharjeel Imam’s arrest in January 2020 was not merely the detention of a student leader; it represented the suppression of […] - [Lessons from Resistance #2: On the Importance of Revolutionary Culture](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/lessons-from-resistance-on-the-importance-of-revolutionary-culture/): Hur Qassemi This article is the second in the series, “Lessons from Resistance.” To view the first article in the series, click here.  Capitalism-imperialism seeks to destroy the cultures of the land it plunders, rendering it susceptible to further economic exploitation. Take, for example, the statement of Josep Borrell Fontelles, who has been serving as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. He said on record in 2022, “Most of the rest of the world is a jungle, and the jungle could invade the garden. […] The gardeners have to go to the jungle. Europeans must […] - [Stand with T. Hoxha and Political Prisoners!](https://voxummah.com/2025/09/stand-with-t-hoxha-and-political-prisoners/): Harper Mead T. Hoxha is a 29-year-old activist for Palestine and one of the Filton 24, a group of UK activists held on remand for their alleged participation in an action against an Elbit weapons factory in Bristol. ­As of Monday, September 1, she is on her 22nd day of her hunger strike at HMP Peterborough prison. T began her hunger strike in response to being denied several fundamental rights by prison staff: her mail has been withheld for months with no valid reason; she has been prevented from participating in recreational activities with her fellow prisoners; lastly, despite working […] - [MLK Against Empire: The Radical Dream They Don't Teach](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/mlk-against-empire-the-radical-dream-they-dont-teach/): Sham Murad   Martin Luther King is celebrated as a dreamer. But his true legacy — his attack on poverty, capitalism, and U.S wars — is erased from classrooms and political speeches.  Sixty-two years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. The speech became a defining moment in the civil rights movement: studied in history classrooms, referenced in media and music, referred to in political discourse across the globe, and was followed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, the same preacher’s searing indictments of capitalism and imperialism have been systematically obscured, concealed beneath […] - [How Chinese Tech Transfer is Re-Arming the Global South and Muslim World Beyond NATO](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/how-chinese-tech-transfer-is-re-arming-the-global-south-and-muslim-world-beyond-nato/): South Shaheen China is enabling parts of the Global South, particularly several Muslim-majority states, to diversify away from NATO-linked arms by offering cheaper platforms, looser export conditions, technology transfer, local assembly, and financing, all bundled with wider economic ties, including the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), energy, and satellite projects. Recently, Pakistan has been a notable example of this pivot. The Chinese model of defense transfers links military sales to broader industrial and technological projects, including ports, logistics hubs, satellite networks, training academies, and dual-use civilian infrastructure such as shipyards and aviation facilities. This approach complements the unique roles of […] - [Who Owns the Image of the Dead? The Battle over Images in Colonial Struggles](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/who-owns-the-image-of-the-dead-the-battle-over-images-in-colonial-struggles/): Iman Benabdelsadouk Do not say of those who are killed in the cause of God, “They are dead.” They are alive at their Lord, but you do not perceive [2:154]  The camera is a weapon in the anti-colonial struggle for liberation. It does not just record – it exposes. It bears witness to what the colonizer tries desperately to hide. It shows the slaughter and forces the world to look. For many, the camera is the only witness. The lens sees when we don’t. When we can’t. To take the camera away leaves the narrative in the hands of the […] - [Banning Memory: India’s War on Books in Kashmir](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/banning-memory-indias-war-on-books-in-kashmir/): Vox Ummah Team On 6 August 2025, authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir issued an order to ban and seize 25 books, including works by Kashmiri, Indian, and international authors, claiming they “glorify terrorism” and “incite secessionism” in the region.  Among the banned titles are Azadi by Arundhati Roy, The Kashmir Dispute 1947–2012 by A. G. Noorani, Kashmir in Conflict by Victoria Schofield, and Independent Kashmir by Christopher Snedden—works widely regarded as essential to understanding the region’s history and politics.  The ban coincided with the Chinar Book Festival in Srinagar, organised by the National Book Trust, the National Council for Promotion of Urdu […] - [Ikhlāṣ Under Watch: On Sincerity, Surveillance, and The Erosion of The Private Realm ](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/ikhla%e1%b9%a3-under-watch-on-sincerity-surveillance-and-the-erosion-of-the-private-realm/): Marwa Yousuf K. A Crisis of Visibility  Sincerity was once defined by absence: the absence of applause, of performance, of self-consciousness. To be sincere – in worship, in speech, in dāʿwah. It was to move quietly, to act for the sake of Allah alone, even when no one was watching. Especially when no one was watching. But in the architecture of modern life, that absence has become almost impossible. The believer is now always seen, always caught in someone’s frame, whether it’s the state’s, the algorithm’s, the ummah’s, or their own. We have entered an age where the sacred is […] - [Arbaeen: Reflection and Action](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/arbaeen-reflection-and-action/): Musa Iqbal “To me, death is nothing but happiness, and living under tyrants nothing but living in a hell.” – Imam Hussain (a.s.) This year, an estimated 21 million pilgrims  attended the event of Arbaeen in Karbala, Iraq, marking another consecutive year of a record-breaking number of attendees. Indeed, Arbaeen – an event overwhelmingly recognized by Shia Islam – has become one of the largest human gatherings in history. Arbaeen marks the fortieth day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (a.s.), the grandson of the holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), known throughout Islamic tradition as the “Master of Martyrs.” Millions of […] - [Architecture of Alliance: Inside Iran’s ‘Shared Future’ Vision with Pakistan ](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/architecture-of-alliance-inside-irans-shared-future-vision-with-pakistan/): Minelle Ali A day before Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian’s official state visit to Pakistan, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi penned an article titled “A Shared Future” in the Pakistani newspaper The Nation. A foreign minister of one country writing an article for another’s isn’t just a casual op-ed – it’s a deliberate, high-visibility diplomatic gesture, geared not only at engaging the leadership but also at influencing public sentiment and fostering grassroots support for deeper bilateral relations. In the article, Araghchi emphasized that the 900-kilometre border Iran and Pakistan share is more than just a line on a map; it’s a historic […] - [What Fanon Spoke, Malcolm Echoed](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/what-fanon-spoke-malcolm-echoed/): Viktor Vaughn “…bring about the freedom of these people by any means necessary. That’s our motto. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.” Shortly after El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, formerly known as Malcolm X, left the Nation of Islam and performed that act of radical submission and spiritual equalization known as Hajj, he delivered a speech. His words in that speech resoundingly echo through the halls of history that succeed him. “By any means necessary”. Malcolm X understood that fighting oppression and eradicating injustice is a […] - [Representation Will Not Protect Us ](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/representation-will-not-protect-us/): Tabraiz K.  “We were never meant to survive. And when the sun rises we are afraid it might not remain… So it is better to speak, remembering we were never meant to survive.”  – Audre Lorde, “A Litany For Survival” We were never meant to survive the empire performing for it. And yet here we are clinging to the fleeting pleasure of being recognized by the same structures that have devoured our histories, our dignity, and our dead. On social media, successful Muslim influencers with large platforms remain silent over the genocide of Palestinians and even brandish the logos of […] - [Remembering Anas al-Sharif in Gaza’s Darkness ](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/remembering-anas-al-sharif-in-gazas-darkness/): Shaniyat Turani The killing of Gaza’s most prominent reporter is not just the silencing of a voice — it is an attack on the very act of bearing witness, aided by the silence of Western media and the complicity of Arab regimes.  Anas al-Sharif once read the names of his own family killed in an airstrike — live on air — and kept reporting. He stood where the bombs fell, speaking with a calm that carried the weight of a people under siege. He was not chasing headlines. He was the headline because Gaza would not let him be anything […] - [Lessons from Resistance: Liberation Was Always Possible](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/lessons-from-resistance-liberation-was-always-possible/): Hur Qassemi “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” Vladimir Lenin taught us regarding the kinetics of historical change. Certain events have the potential to unleash vast stores of fury against the status quo and expose the mechanisms of global power. Third-Worldist intellectual Samir Amin argued in 2006 that the “Great Middle East” is the central battleground of imperialist war. He writes, “To defeat the Washington establishment’s project is the condition for providing the possibility of success for advances in any region of the world. Failing that, all these advances will remain vulnerable in […] - [Gaza, the Resistance, and the Logic of Husayn](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/gaza-the-resistance-and-the-logic-of-husayn/): Sim Zahra Permission ˹to fight back˺ is ˹hereby˺ granted to those being fought, for they have been wronged And Allah is truly Most Capable of helping them ˹prevail.˺ (Quran, 22:39). Jihad is an obligatory act in Islam, mainly when one is subjected to life-threatening aggression by usurping forces. Jihad means to struggle, specifically in the way of God, and this struggle can come in many forms. We can see examples of this from the Prophet’s (saw) blessed progeny—the AhlulBayt (a). Imam Husayn (as), who took the path of physically defending the truth and martyrdom in Karbala, as well as Lady […] - [Islam, Empire, and the Broken Promise of Pakistan ](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/islam-empire-and-the-broken-promise-of-pakistan/): Mar Yousuf K. At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, two nations emerged from the carcass of British India: Pakistan, conceived as a homeland for South Asia’s Muslims, forged through political struggle and colonial betrayal; and India, which prided itself on being secular and inherited the lion’s share of power and territory. It goes without saying that the Partition was no clean break but a tearing apart of land, families, faiths, and futures. British colonialism orchestrated this schism, and its legacy still pulsates through the subcontinent – in riots, border fences, bulldozers, and the ashes of homes burned […] - [How European gestures towards a 'Palestinian state' ultimately serve "Israel"](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/how-european-gestures-towards-a-palestinian-state-ultimately-serve-israel/): Julia Kassem More than just virtue signaling, the latest calls to ‘establish a Palestinian state’ are a call to disarm the Palestinian and Lebanese Resistance. Top European capitals, including the E3, are now calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state by September. Macron, in a letter to the PA’s Mahmoud Abbas, Macron called for an “immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, “massive humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza,” “the demilitarization of Hamas,” and a so-called Palestinian state that fully recognizes “Israel.” Abbas responded in kind by insisting, first and foremost, that a future Palestinian state must be […] - [There Is No Sovereignty Without Arms](https://voxummah.com/2025/08/there-is-no-sovereignty-without-arms/): Musa Iqbal  Recent moves by Western governments to recognize Palestinian statehood come as a welcome development, but the conditions that accompany statehood reveal a lot more about the crumbling state of the Israeli occupation, the devastating blow to the so-called U.S. “rules based order,” and containment measures imperialism is adopting when properly examined. After two years of Israeli genocide, where figures estimate 100,000 Palestinians have been martyred by Zionist forces in the Gaza Strip, Western countries are slowly posturing that they will “recognize the State of Palestine.” In recent days, the governments of France, Canada, and the United Kingdom have […] - [Tawakkul and Resistance: From Musa to Khamenei](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/tawwakul-and-resistance-from-musa-to-khamenei/): Roya Pour Bagher On July 16, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution held a meeting with the head and high-ranking officials of the Judiciary, as well as the heads of the courts across Iran. This marked his first public appearance after the Zionist regime was forced to halt its aggression in the U.S.-Israeli-imposed war on Iran. Enemies of the Islamic Republic study Ayatollah Khamenei to the smallest detail—from his meticulous choice of words to his demeanor and even appearance. Sometimes, key messages are conveyed through his ring—its material or inscription. Ayatollah Khamenei attended the July 16 meeting wearing a ring […] - [The Age of Atrocity Fatigue ](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/the-age-of-atrocity-fatigue/): Mar Yousuf K. Every day, we bear witness to suffering at a scale that once would have shattered us. Palestinians pull their children’s bodies from the rubble with their bare hands. Sudan bleeds to death in silence. Kashmir remains under occupation, its terrain filled with unidentified graves. Congo is being mined to death, quite literally, for the devices we’re holding right now. Gaza is flattened again, and again, and again… and somehow, we look past these horrors.  We live in an age where corpses compete with dancing reels for our attention. Where war crimes are filmed, reposted, dissected, then promptly […] - [Understanding 72 Years of Iranian Resistance Against American-Zionist Propaganda](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/understanding-72-years-of-iranian-resistance-against-american-zionist-propaganda/): Hakimeh Saghaye-Biria On the morning of June 13th, Iran was confronted with devastating news: a genocidal regime had launched an attack on the nation, targeting prominent scientists and military commanders but also claiming the lives of innocent civilian men, women, and children. This brutal act occurred even as the regime’s American supporters had misled the global community into believing that a sixth round of negotiations was scheduled to begin in only two days (June 15th).   Despite expectations to the contrary, Iran responded with force, and the struggle continued for the next 12 days, culminating with a Zionist-requested ceasefire on June […] - [Twelve-nation bloc defies US, enforces law to halt Israeli genocide in Gaza](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/twelve-nation-bloc-defies-us-enforces-law-to-halt-israeli-genocide-in-gaza/): Musa Iqbal This article was republished from PressTV. It has been modified slightly from its original version. For almost two years, the world has watched as political institutions, including the United Nations (UN), have failed to meet the moment in the wake of the most horrific crime that can be committed: genocide. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has failed to halt the Israeli genocide in Gaza, and even worse, the United States, a permanent member of the UNSC (which guarantees it veto power to kill any motions), has enabled the ongoing carnage in Gaza. Backing the Zionist entity politically, […] - [Carceral Sovereignty: Political Prisoners and India’s Penal Colonialism in Kashmir](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/carceral-sovereignty-political-prisoners-and-indias-penal-colonialism-in-kashmir/): Shambhavi Siddhi On the mountainous outskirts of South Asia, far from the chaos of parliamentary sessions and the glare of prime-time news—unless it’s used to incite jingoistic violence and feed mainland India’s colonial fantasies—lies an unspoken record of lives interrupted. Kashmir, a region under constant monitoring, occupation, and military rule by the Indian colonial state, is not just a site of geopolitical conflict but also a prison landscape where bodies symbolize power, and detention centers operate as tools of political control.  Since the annulment of Article 370 by the Indian government in August 2019, which deprived Jammu and Kashmir of […] - [Sovereignty and Armed Islamic Resistance](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/sovereignty-and-armed-islamic-resistance/): Aidan Haj Qassem “Imperialism has laid its body over the world, the head in Eastern Asia, the heart in theMiddle East, its arteries reaching Africa and Latin America. Wherever you strike it, youdamage it, and you serve the World Revolution.” -Ghassan Kanafani Imperialism has produced the conditions of the modern day, and with it wrought terror and mass death across the Muslim world, whether it be Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, or currently in Gaza. Imperialism seeks to facilitate continual resource extraction in the Arab-Iranian region as well as impose its own political hegemony, effectively necessitating a war against development to maintain […] - [The Violence of Normalcy: The Global Obsession with "Peace"](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/the-violence-of-normalcy-the-global-obsession-with-peace/): Mar Yousuf K, “Permission ˹to fight back˺ is ˹hereby˺ granted to those being fought, for they have been wronged.1 And Allah is truly Most Capable of helping them ˹prevail˺.” — Qur’ān 22:39 From Palestine to Kashmir, the same imperial blueprint repeats itself: violent occupation masquerades as ~ security and order ~ whereas acts of resistance are miscast as terror. In each case, the call for “peace” demands silence from the oppressed, never justice from the oppressor. The truth is this: the brutal machinery of imperialism does not merely aim to subjugate bodies; it seeks to conquer minds. It reframes the […] - [Many Colonialisms: Reflections from Kashmir to Palestine](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/many-colonialisms-reflections-from-kashmir-to-palestine/): Ahmed Bin Qasim “It’s true that the world witnesses such phases when life becomes a purgatory, and when humanity is rendered into a walking crowd of corpses. But who is to be blamed for it? When mortal humans act as false gods over the destinies of (other) humans, and the opponents of principles and truth feel determined to incarcerate fellow human beings, what can befall us in such a situation besides abjection? Whenever such a situation is present, pain and anguish becomes the fate of the people. In spite of this… history of the world is witness that in any […] - [The Formal Integration of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham into the Imperialist Order](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/the-formal-integration-of-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-into-the-imperialist-order/): Musa Iqbal The fall of Syria’s Ba’ath government in late 2024 was a rapid succession of events that followed a prolonged, strenuous thirteen-year war. The collapse of the Syrian security forces, the breakdown of the government and its infrastructural arms, and of course, the rapid takeover of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a rebranded Al Nusra front, with the simultaneous incursion of Israeli Occupation forces to the west of Damascus threw the country into immediate chaos of a new kind. Full Speed to Normalization The reshaping of the Syrian state commenced with breakneck speed. As if the following weeks after the […] - [Ending the Forever Wars: What’s Next for Somalia?](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/ending-the-forever-wars-whats-next-for-somalia/): Aidan Simardone Despite Trump’s promise to stop wars, the United States is bombarding Somalia. With America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and a ceasefire with Yemen, drone warfare now dominates in Somalia, with strikes doubling in the last year. Trump is often said to be pursuing an isolationist foreign policy. But just weeks into his second presidency, he engaged in his first major military operation, conducting airstrikes in Northern Somalia. Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised America’s role in Somalia and wavered on withdrawing troops. The Trump administration also expressed interest in recognizing the breakaway region of Somaliland. But President Trump’s […] - [The Real Women of Iran: How the Israeli-Imposed War Exposed the West's False Narrative](https://voxummah.com/2025/07/the-real-women-of-iran-how-the-israeli-imposed-war-exposed-the-wests-false-narrative/): Roya Pour Bagher The recent Israeli-imposed war on Iran shattered a long-sought U.S. propaganda narrative: the oppression of women in Iran. The earliest scenes that emerged from the war involved civilian casualties from Israeli strikes. Amongst those scenes, one stood out: a firefighter comforting a woman who had lost her loved ones. At first, observers were confused about how a man could be so close to a Muslim woman like that—except it wasn’t a male; it was a brave female firefighter. That was just the beginning of the crumbling of American propaganda. Then came another scene that shook the world. 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