After Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, the president of Britain's oldest Islamic sharia court, told The Samosa that marital rape is not a crime, Tehmina Kazi looks at the debate within Britain's Muslim communities.

By Spriha Srivastava

Watching the spectacular opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, I couldn’t stop feeling proud of the vast diversity that exists in India. But just hours before the opening ceremony took place, the mood had been very different. Many were apprehensive about the event. With so much negativity surrounding the Games and after months of controversies, it seemed impossible that India would be able to hold the event successfully.

By Mohsin Hamid

The spot-fixing scandal has broken my heart. I’m a die-hard Pakistan cricket fan. Yes, I’d long heard about the corruption in our team, including by some of our greatest players in the 1990s. But I never wanted to believe it.

Earlier this year The Samosa published The Bad Sufi, a controversial article looking at how modern Sufism in Pakistan has become a tool of the corrupt ruling elite and their US backers to maintain their power and privilege. Now Qalandar Bux Memon and Ali Mohsin look at the positive role that Sufis once played as campaigners for social change and against corrupt rulers - and how Sufism might reprise this role today.