Judgement Released: Judicial Review into Prevent
We welcome the release of the judicial review judgement after waiting for almost eight months. Although we seek to appeal parts of it, we are please to say that there are some very positive outcomes for the community, alhamdulillāh...
Ofsted to appeal high court defeat by Birmingham Muslim school
Al-Hijrah school did a service to the whole country by challenging Michael Wilshaw's "weaponised" Ofsted over misrepresenting the benign practice of separating boys and girls in a faith school...
Think tank funded by foreign extremists writes report on foreign extremist funding
In a move of rarely paralleled irony, the Henry Jackson Society (HJS), linked to and funded by some of the most prolific Islamophobes from overseas, has published a curious “report” against overseas funding of Muslim projects in the UK, under the infamously ambiguous pretext of “extremism”.
Hundreds of Mosques Continue Evening Prayers After Ramadan
Following the success and popularity of the tarāwīh prayers during Ramadān this year, Islam21c has learnt that hundreds of mosques across the country will in fact be continuing to hold similar congregational prayers at night...
May is playing a dangerous game exploiting Finsbury Park attack
If we are not very careful right now, then our horror, anger and frustration provoked by the rising and increasingly violent tide of Islamophobia will be misused against us.
Westminster attack was “revenge against western military action” police reveal
Security services have revealed that the Westminster attacker’s motive was “revenge against western military action against Muslim countries in the Middle East.”
The Times’ failed attack against Mend is good news
Every now and then, a servile Islamophobic journalist whips up a hatchet job so embarrassing that even their newspapers seek to bury it in the middle somewhere or behind a subscription-only paywall so it is only read by their faithful. This is what happened after quite a fruitless 3-month “investigation” into Muslim community group Mend, by Dominic Kennedy who, one naturally feels sorry for having wasted so much time in his McCarthyite witch-hunt to end up with nothing of substance for whoever put him up to the task. Indeed, his article literally consists of disparate statements hastily thrown together in…
Muslim Journalists on Trump’s “kill list”
Former AlJazeera Islamabad bureau chief Ahmad Zaidan, and US-born Bilal Abdul Kareem from On the Ground News (OGN) in Syria, are suing President Donald Trmp and other top administration officials. They filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming that they were erroneously placed on a “kill list” under the Obama administration, and that the Trump administration has illegally maintained that designation. The lawsuit also alleges that Trump has reduced some safeguards on the drone killing programme. NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden leaked documents published by The Intercept in 2015 indicating that US officials claimed that Zaidan was a member of AlQaeda and of…
Why I won’t cry about hijab bans
The women’s dress-code for employment agency Portico published last year, stated: What we like to see: Makeup worn at all times and regularly reapplied, with a minimum of: Light blusher; Lipstick or tinted gloss; Mascara; Eye shadow; Light foundation/powder. Heel height normally a minimum of 2 inches and maximum of 4 inches, unless otherwise agreed by the company. Regularly maintained hair colour (if individual colours hair) with no visible roots. What we don’t want to see: No makeup at all (unless for medical reasons); Shiny faces; Sparkle/glitter. Hair that looks greasy, wet or highly gelled. Flowers worn as accessories. Visible root growth. After yesterday’s ruling from the…
The Caliphate Chicken & Egg
A chicken and egg paradox has appeared in some minds where one might for example, blame the fall of the last Caliphate for the host of micro problems we suffer from today...
