CM Lists

Read the Critical Muslim Top Ten Lists. Sometimes utilising satire, and always designed to provoke thought, we bring you our exclusive top ten from Towering Fatwas to Things we Love about Pakistan.

  • Pandemic Street Art in KL
    Issue 37 Virus

    Ten Lessons from the Pandemic

    A wonderful video went viral on social media a couple months into the global lockdown. Fantastical music plays as a father reads one last story to…

  • aerial photo of city highway surrounded by high-rise buildings. Sunrise shot of Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa.
    Issue 36 Destinations

    Top Ten Synthetic Wonders

    Creativity and innovative thought have been essential tools for the flourishing of human culture and civilisation. But originality, imagination and…

  • The British Museum
    Issue 33 Relics

    Ten Surprising Relics

    Go anywhere in the Muslim world and you will bump into a shrine, tombs, sacred relic, or footprints of the Prophets. No doubt you have witnessed the…

  • Issue 29 Futures

    Ten Emerging Issues

    Emerging issues are a tough cookie to pin down.They are items that exist just below the horizon of tomorrow with the potential of becoming fully…

  • Issue 26 Gastronomy

    Seven Wonderful Future Foods

    Not so long ago, a prawn cocktail was the height of futuristic sophistication. Radioactive-looking frozen curries would be thawed out on a Friday…

  • Issue 24 Populism

    Ten Populist Moments

    There are many unexamined assumptions about populism that don’t stand up to scrutiny. Many journalists and academics discuss it as if it were some…

  • Issue 21 Relations

    Top Ten Relationship Break-Ups

    In the words of Echo and the Bunnymen, nothing ever lasts forever. Relationships are precarious creatures, causing joy, pain and wonder almost at the…