Murtaza Hussain

6 days ago | mazmhussain.substack.com | Murtaza Hussain

Last week, the Washington Post published a column asserting that the war in Gaza had crossed the boundaries from normal armed conflict, with all of its attendant evils, into the realm of genocide. This is an opinion I happen to share, for reasons that I will explain below. During war, civilians are frequently killed, and critical infrastructure sustaining life is destroyed. Israel was obviously going to retaliate to the October 7 attacks, as any state would.

2 weeks ago | mazmhussain.substack.com | Murtaza Hussain

About a decade ago, at the height of the U.S.-led military campaign to destroy the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, I found myself in Jordan, sitting in a living room with Abu Qatada, one of the most infamous figures in the global Salafi-Jihadist movement. At the time, in addition to a series of wars between local regimes, insurgents, and a U.S.-led military coalition, the region was being rocked by an escalating confrontation between rival jihadists from Al Qaeda and ISIS.

2 weeks ago | dropsitenews.com | Murtaza Hussain

The U.S. and Iran are presently engaged in high-stakes nuclear talks in Italy, aimed at averting a confrontation over Iran’s nuclear program that could trigger another major war in the Middle East. This week, reports emerged that Israel had already begun military preparations for attacking Iran if talks broke down.

2 weeks ago | defenddemocracy.press | Waqas Ahmed |Murtaza Hussain

After days of disruption by pro-Palestine activists at its Build developer conference, No Azure for Apartheid said, Microsoft made it impossible to send emails containing “Palestine” or “Gaza.”By Waqas Ahmed and Murtaza HussainMay 22, 2025Microsoft has quietly implemented a policy blocking employee emails containing the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” or “genocide” on its internal Exchange servers, according to No Azure for Apartheid, a group of pro-Palestine Microsoft employees.

2 weeks ago | dropsitenews.com | Waqas Ahmed |Murtaza Hussain

Microsoft has quietly implemented a policy blocking employee emails containing the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” or “genocide” on its internal Exchange servers, according to No Azure for Apartheid, a group of pro-Palestine Microsoft employees. The automated filter, which silently prevents such emails from reaching recipients was first detected on Wednesday—just after Microsoft’s Build developer conference faced repeated disruptions by the activist group.