Imran Mulla

Political Correspondent @MiddleEastEye in London. Bestselling author of 'The Indian Caliphate'. Winner, Press Awards 30 Under 30 in 2025.

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

My book reviewed in the Wall Street Journal:

"An exceptional feat of investigative research... [Depicts] the historical moment when the modern overpowered the ancient—a world, now lost, of floridly costumed courtiers, fabled princes, exotic vices and perfumed palaces"

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

This British statement that Jordanian custodianship of Al Aqsa must be respected is significant and welcome following the MEE revelation of US/Israeli plans to strip Jordan of control:

https://t.co/OyfNYJahOX

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

EXCLUSIVE: The British government has said Jordan's custodianship of Jerusalem's holy sites "must be respected" in a statement to MEE after we revealed US-Israeli plans to strip the Hashemites of their custodianship of Al-Aqsa
https://t.co/HINO5Hs03U

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Alex Younger, with whom used to play toy soldiers with as a boy growing up in the Borders half a century ago, was an intensely moral man, perhaps unusually for a successful intelligence officer. Privately he was forthright in his criticism of those, such as Netanyahu, who were happy to slaughter the innocents among their enemies. This line in his obituary rang very true to the man I knew: "He was acutely aware of the corrupting powers of espionage and of the compromises it requires, but decried the “pernicious myth that, somehow, intelligence services are moral equivalents; that the end justifies the means, whatever the cost”. MI6 was not the same as the services of authoritarian states. “If we undermine the values we defend, even in the name of defending them, then we have lost.”"

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Imran Mulla and I review Fitzroy Morrissey's new history of modern Islamic thought. It is an essential corrective to much of the pernicious nonsense propagated by politicians and mass media in Britain and across the West:

https://t.co/QqZEf4esB8

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

EXCLUSIVE: Why Britain may soon impose a ban on the import of goods from illegal Israeli settlements
https://t.co/x2WuJ8gLT5

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

https://t.co/saTl9S9Gbt

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

"Free speech does not require a visa": The Oxford Union's Palestinian president has vowed to press ahead and platform Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker.

"We will not allow this event to be shut down," she told us in a stunning rebuke to the British government.

Full story below:

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

NEW: Peter Mandelson described Wes Streeting's views on Israel as "wild" and "hysterical" after Streeting told him Israel was committing war crimes and should be sanctioned, newly released files reveal
https://t.co/opesKTc76q

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

EXCL: Hasan Piker was set to meet both Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn in Britain before he was barred from entering.

Notably both politicians have condemned the government's decision to deny Piker entry as an attack on free speech and criticism of Israel
https://t.co/hrRaeiKOPi

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

Rupert Lowe's son has married the daughter of a Libyan academic and former secretary-general of the Association of Italian Muslim Intellectuals.

Karim Mezran has written widely about migration, integration and the Middle East. Here I explain who he is:
https://t.co/4H8QOknrVd

[Mustafa Akyol @AkyolinEnglish]

The Jadids of the 19th century were “the most sophisticated attempt in the Muslim world to create a modern Islamic culture.”

In 1918, they inspired the First Azerbaijan Republic, which guaranteed all citizens full civil and political rights.

Until the Bolsheviks crushed it all:

[Fitzroy Morrissey @fitzmorrissey]

I’m incredibly grateful to @Imran_posts and @OborneTweets for this detailed, incisive, and sympathetic review of The Renewal of Islam, and particularly for highlighting the contribution that the book might make to challenging widespread narratives about modern Islam.

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

Peter Oborne and I review @fitzmorrissey's brilliant new history of modern Islamic thought - an essential corrective to much of the pernicious nonsense propagated by politicians and mass media in Britain and the West
https://t.co/Zaioma7B8Q

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

From Nakba to fascist parades: How Britain's far right threatens Muslims and Jews | The David Hearst Podcast

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

I speak to Arwa Elrayess, the Muslim Palestinian president of the Oxford Union, about her controversial decision to invite Tommy Robinson to a debate entitled: "This House believes the West is right to be suspicious of Islam"

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Another term, another Oxford Union scandal.

This time the highly prestigious debating society - hailed as the last bastion of free speech - has invited far-right activist Tommy Robinson to a debate on Islam.

Outrage has erupted. Hundreds have signed an open letter against the decision. A bishop and imam have released a joint statement denouncing it. Former cabinet minister Anneleise Dodds has condemned the invite.

But there's a plot twist: the president of the Oxford Union this term is in fact a Muslim student of Palestinian origin called Arwa Elrayess.

MEE's @Imran_posts went to Oxford to find out why Robinson has been invited...

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

NEW: I speak to Arwa Elrayess, the Muslim Palestinian president of the Oxford Union, about her controversial decision to invite Tommy Robinson to debate Islam.

She says her experiences as a Palestinian have shaped her commitment to free speech:
https://t.co/5iAqUQKMIs

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Another term, another Oxford Union scandal.

This time the highly prestigious debating society - hailed as the last bastion of free speech - has invited far-right activist Tommy Robinson to a debate on Islam.

Outrage has erupted. Hundreds have signed an open letter against the decision. A bishop and imam have released a joint statement denouncing it. Former cabinet minister Anneleise Dodds has condemned the invite.

But there's a plot twist: the president of the Oxford Union this term is in fact a Muslim student of Palestinian origin called Arwa Elrayess.

MEE's @Imran_posts went to Oxford to find out why Robinson has been invited...

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Whoever replaces Sir Keir Starmer will take a tougher line on Israeli war crimes. Imran Mulla and I analyse for Middle East Eye what the Labour leadership crisis is likely to mean for British relations with Israel:

https://t.co/zzSo0y5sDt

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

"A new Labour leader would reshape British foreign policy in the Middle East."

MEE's political correspondent @Imran_posts reacts to the latest developments in UK politics as the Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces challenges to his position with a leadership contest expected to take place soon.

Watch the full interview in the latest episode of MEE Live on Middle East Eye's YouTube channel.

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Welcome to the whacky world of Wes Streeting!