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Comment: Usaid Saddiqui draws a parallel between the experiences and challenges facing Kashmiris and Palestinians, with a view to encouraging alliance-building between the two populations.

Comment: After experiencing the most comprehensive sanctions in modern times, the invasion in 2003 sealed Iraq's political, economic and social devastation for the next 13 years, writes Usaid Saddiqui

Comment: US drone strikes are killing innocent men, women and children. They are mired in controversy and only serve to stoke further violence, aiding America's enemies, writes Usaid Saddiqui.

Comment: US stop-and-search operations, Israeli spying techniques, and dubious airport security tactics, highlight that racial profiling is counterproductive and there are better ways to protect the public, says Usaid Saddiqui.

Comment: Postulating about radical Islam does nothing to tackle the real issues of gun control and homophobia. Instead, it serves to deepen divisions and further political agendas, writes Usaid Saddiqui

Comment: Ramadan is a time for reflection and charity, but Muslims must look beyond the contributions they can make as individuals, and push for democratic reform, writes Usaid Saddiqui

Comment: Western media condemn Netanyahu's appointment of Lieberman, but Israeli politics and society lurched to the far-right much earlier; a shift many failed to notice, writes Usaid Saddiqui

Comment: Inter-faith relations are improving, but unless el-Tayab promotes a viable democracy at home, this renewed cordiality will look like little more than a news headline, writes Usaid Saddiqui

Comment: It is poverty and a lust for revenge that drives people into the arms of armed movements, writes Usaid Saddiqui.

Comment: Islam has had a long and rich history in Europe, but peddling it as an imported and dangerous entity creates a harmful "us versus them" attitude says Usaid Saddiqui