Not only, the Middle East remains engulfed in flames, with Gaza and Beirut reaching boiling points because of the known expansionist designs of the bandit state of Israel. The power drunk arrogant bandit, settler state’s ambitions for a ‘greater Israel’ are no secret and openly aided and abetted by the civilized West led by the United States, supplying Israel with dollars and deadly weapons. This aggressive pursuit has set the region ablaze, leading to widespread suffering and devastation, particularly for Palestinians, whose pitiable plight symbolizes a larger crisis facing the Muslim world.

Entire Islamic World is in disarray and decline. A glance across the Muslim World painfully depicts a very alarming and frustrating situation. A vast majority of populace in the cities and towns in world’s Islamic countries are facing what can only be described as siege-like conditions, overwhelmed by internal strifes, sectarian divisions, political instability, economic collapse, crippling poverty, unemployment, widespread disease and rampant corruption. No one is to be blamed for this sorry state of affairs as these troubles and chaos stem from our own deep rooted internal rivalries, mismanagement and authoritarian corrupt leadership not open to dialogue and accommodation. The people of these nations suffer immensely, caught up between systemic mismanagement, corrupt and imprudent leadership that stifles any dissent, progress and advancement to peace and prosperity

Yemen exemplifies the horrors that the region endures. Years of civil war have devolved Yemen into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Millions are displaced, battling starvation, and struggling to survive. Saudi-Iranian rivalry fuels this conflict. Syria and Iran remain mired in the aftermath of war, economic sanctions, and foreign intervention. Iran, crippled by sanctions, faces an economic blockade that has impacted the lives of millions. Clouds of war also hover over the skies of Iran. Syria’s political and economic devastation has fragmented the country, leaving it vulnerable to both internal and external threats. Iraq, another key player in the region, grapples with perpetual instability. Sectarian tensions linger in a nation scarred by war, reducing the Iraqi people to lives plagued by insecurity and poverty. Across these nations, the people struggle under burdens they did not create, while the world and Muslim countries in particular, watch largely in silence doing nothing to pacify these crises

In South Asia, Pakistan—the only nuclear-armed nation in the Muslim world—also stands on precarious........

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