In this special issue of Critical Muslim:
Scott Jordan asks what happened to "never again', Maha Sardar builds a legal case for genocides; Martin Shaw explores the politics of genocide; Richard Appignanesi thinks genocide is a grotesque act of evil; Abdelwahab El-Affendi is appalled by genocide denial, Sean Goodman takes on the champions of Bosnian genocide; Liam Mayo blames modernity; Marat iliyasov recounts the horror of genocides in Chechnya; Robert Zayd KiaNouri-Zigmund looks at the notion of war and justice in the Qur'an, Ali Nobil Ahmad suggests Pakistan should accept its culpability in the birth of Bangladesh; Jeremy Henzell-Thomas thinks deeper education is a solution to all round hatred; Celine Kasem traces the roots of her perforated identity: Luke Wilkinson remembers the young Palestinian poet Heba Abu Hada; Robin Yassin-Kassab visits Bosnia; and Hassan Mahamdallie peeks into the inhuman prison that is Gaza.
Also in this issue: Zain Sardar argues for a new ethics of catastrophe; Shamim Miah reads a new verse translation of the Qur'an, Naomi Foyle tackles transformative justice; Ruth Cuthand's art from Reserving Series; short stories by Andleeb Shadani and Tam Hussein poems for Gaza by Carol Rumens, Michal Rubin and Adrianne Kalfopoulou, and our list of eight peaceful coexistences.
You can read a free sample essay Genocide, Then and Now by Maha Sardar here. You can also access Abdelwahab El-Affendi's essay Genocide Denial here
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