Voices
One Million Muslim Uyghurs Have Been Detained by China, the U.N. Says. Where’s the Global Outrage?
China’s campaign against its minority Uyghur population is a campaign of ethnic cleansing justified by “war on terror” rhetoric.
Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan is a former Senior Columnist at The Intercept. He was the host of The Intercept podcast “Deconstructed.” Hasan was also the host of Al Jazeera English’s “UpFront.” He has interviewed, among others, Edward Snowden, Hamid Karzai, Ehud Olmert, and Gen. Michael Flynn. He is also the author of two books: a biography of former U.K. Labor Party leader Ed Miliband and an e-book on the financial crisis and austerity economics. He is based in Washington, D.C.
Contacts:
Posts:
Voices
The Blowup With Canada Is the Latest Saudi Overreach. Will They Ever Pay a Price?
Saudi Arabia's brash crown prince is doing more damage to its reputation than its enemies could ever imagine.
Mehdi Hasan Interviews Abdul El-Sayed, Progressive Candidate in Michigan's Democratic Primary
Will Abdul El-Sayed pull off a shock primary victory and provide further evidence that the Democratic Party is shifting more and more to the left?
Voices
Trump and Brexit Have Chaos in Common — A Symptom of Political Self-Harm
The U.K. vote to leave the EU, and the election of Donald Trump in the U.S., were acts of political, social, and economic destruction.
Voices
Why Is Nancy Pelosi So Afraid of Socialism?
Socialism is not as foreign to American politics as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi might have you believe.
Voices
With “Muslim Ban” Ruling, Trump’s White Supremacy Has Moved From the Campaign Trail to the Supreme Court
Donald Trump has not just moved the Overton window — he has smashed it to pieces.
Caliph Donald Trump and the Rise of the Christian Taliban
Mehdi Hasan is here to warn you about the Bible-thumping fundamentalists who are bent on theocratizing the U.S. government.
Leaked State Department Memo Advised Trump Administration to Push for “Islamic Reformation”
The State Department's Policy Planning Staff, shorn of expertise and stocked with ideologues, is now producing material unlike anything it has before.
Voices
Donald Trump’s Words Are a Green Light to Dictators and Torturers Around the World
Trump told Bahrain's ruler there wouldn't be any strains between them. Soon after, human rights abuses escalated in the Persian Gulf nation.
Voices
Anti-Islam Movement Has New Rallying Cry — Let's Delete Verses of the Quran
A petition signed by 300 public figures in France, including a former president and prime minister, demands the deletion of verses in the Quran.