Opinion

Rethinking Islam and the West: Progress and Balance

by Bilal Cleland | Jan 4, 2020 | Boomerang, Opinion | 0 |

This “progress” also brought us global warming, the atom bomb, devastation caused by chemicals, a tottering financial system, antibiotic resistance, the terrorist perversion of Islam and the world refugee crisis emerging from the War on Terror in the Middle East.

“In looking for a new story, a narrative which can make more sense of our past and the situation in which we now find ourselves, a criterion needs to be found in place of that of progress, and I believe this to be the criterion of balance.”

This is “…represented by the Arabic term mizan, which can be translated as balance, justice, measure, harmony or indeed, weighing scales.”

China and Saudi Arabia: intolerance to dissent partnership

by Christine Osborne | Jan 3, 2020 | Boomerang, Featured, Opinion | 1 |

So the Chinese ambassador to Canberra suggests Australia needs to acquire a greater understanding...

Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019: Bold step towards the Ummah’s rise

by Dr Daud Batchelor | Jan 3, 2020 | Boomerang, Featured, Opinion | 6 |

The Kuala Lumpur Summit held 18-21 December represents a seismic shift in the Muslim world towards...

Rana Elasmar is every Australian Muslim woman

by Gulhan Eryegit Yoldas | Nov 29, 2019 | Boomerang, Opinion | 0 |

On Wednesday 20 November Rana Elasmar experienced every Muslim woman’s worst nightmare when a man...

Economic slavery in Gulf states

by Christine Osborne | Nov 29, 2019 | Boomerang, Opinion | 0 |

A report in The Times Of India on 22 November claims 33,988 Indians have died in the Arab States...

Christmas and the Islamic and Jewish values in Hanukah

by Rabbi Allen Maller | Nov 28, 2019 | Boomerang, Opinion | 0 |

Many Muslims and Jews are ambivalent about celebrating Christmas. On one hand, Muslims respect...

A century since the Treaty of Versailles and imperial betrayal

by Bilal Cleland | Nov 28, 2019 | Boomerang, Opinion | 0 |

Support for the British Empire from an oppressed colony might seem strange today, but the hundreds of years experience in deception exercise by the British Empire, which ruled a quarter of the earth’s surface with a small number of individuals, should not be underestimated.

It fooled the Arab nationalists, the Indian nationalists and its own population.

The Brexiteers seem to be repeating the lesson today.

The emergence of new powerbrokers in Syria and beyond

by Bilal Cleland | Oct 27, 2019 | Boomerang, Featured, Opinion | 0 |

The action of the Turkish government in seeking to establish a ‘safe-zone’ in northern Syria has...

Hindu supremacists calling the shots in India

by Hasan Fazeel | Sep 23, 2019 | Boomerang, Opinion | 0 |

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Hindu supremacist organisation is all set to open an Army...

The depravity of arrogance: Forcing debit card on the unemployed

by Bilal Cleland | Sep 22, 2019 | Boomerang, Featured, Opinion | 0 |

There is profit in poverty.

“During the welfare card trials, Indue has received between $4,000 to $10,000 for each participant in the trial, even though the Newstart allowance is less than $14,000 per year. Certainly, there are start-up costs involved in servicing this type of program, but up to $10,000 for a private company to manage an account only worth up to $14,000 annually raises questions of whether the Indue company is the most cost-effective option for this scheme.