“When will it be right to be Muslim and gay?”
Background The above question has been the subject of a lingering controversy over the last few weeks, spawning heated, emotional…
“We only die once” – Turkey’s Call to Arms to protect Jerusalem
Turkey says it has been rallying together an international peacekeeping force as the world looks on in horror at the…
“Vote Today; Be Kafir Tomorrow”: The Issue of Voting
That season of jostling for space to express a view on voting has once again descended upon the population here…
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Home Office confirms Prevent strategy to be reinforced
The government’s controversial Prevent counter-radicalisation strategy is to be toughened rather than scaled back despite criticism that it is a toxic brand and a “big brother” security operation among Britain’s Muslim communities. The Home Office confirmed that a secret Whitehall internal review of Prevent, ordered earlier this year by Theresa…
“I’m Arab and Glad Trump Won”
It’s not that we see Trump any differently. Trump is an egotistical racist misogynist who, in a rational world, shouldn’t be in any position of power. Then again, neither should Hillary Clinton. We watched from afar (as ‘afar’ as the internet allows anyhow) as the 2016 presidential campaign rolled on,…
How British students saved a Syrian baby
Many of us witnessed and expressed our outrage over the tripling of our university tuition fees. We felt our right to higher education was being taken away from us. We believed opportunity was becoming something solely for those from a privileged background instead of those from an impoverished one. We…
US mothers tell daughters: “don’t wear hijab” after Trump win
American Muslims have expressed “tremendous levels of fear” after Donald Trump was unexpectedly elected as the 45th President of the United States, with some saying they had been warned not to wear their hijabs. The Republican has consistently criticised Muslims and during the campaign pledged to ban them from entering the…
An Alternative Look at Trump
On the 8th November 2016, many Americans went to the polling stations to select the next President of the United States of America. The 2016 election year saw a difficult choice between two candidates: one a populist businessman demagogue whose rhetoric and seemingly bigoted policies have alarmingly resonated with a…
Corbyn critics take heed: “Bernie Sanders would have beaten Trump”
Donald Trump has beaten Hilary Clinton in the US Presidential Elections, in what is looking like 'America's Brexit'. However the following reminder of statistics published by The Independent this morning gives us food for thought for navigating the increasingly tumuluous terrain that appears to be ahead in British politics—particularly for…
Islamophobia – the elephant in the room
Islamophobia Awareness Month #IAM2016 Islamophobia has been described as “a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.” Really? Women are having their hijabs pulled off as they go about their everyday business. Muslims are targeted with the liberal use of the P-word and the F-word and…
Charity sells Nazi anti-Islamic T-shirts for funds
Whilst the charity commission has had its spotlight disproportionately on Muslim charities, a military charity has been selling Nazi anti-Islamic T-shirts to raise funds. Also read: New Report Exposes Anti-Muslim Bias of Charity Commission An undercover investigation by BBC Scotland has discovered a military charity is selling anti-Islamic and Nazi-themed…
The Teaching Revolution
92 years have passed since the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of Modern day Turkey. In a very short space of time Kamal Atatürk, the founding father of modern Turkey, was able to secularise an entire nation. Central to his policies was a drive to so-called ‘modernisation’…
MPs slam UK policy towards political Islam
UK Foreign Affair's Committee's bold report should oblige Foreign Office to reassess way it interprets political Islam. The back-bench Foreign Affairs Committee was for many years a prestigious but unfortunately also a toothless body. It rarely asked, still less answered, difficult or embarrassing questions. It amounts to an outright repudiation…
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Why are new Muslims leaving Islam?
“I don’t know if you can help me; I don’t even know where to start.…
Attractive Hijabs & Shari’ah
Living in the west, the hijab has become a potent indicator of identity with many…
A James O’Brien masterclass in how to deal with people demanding Muslims apologise for #Charliehebdo
http://audioboom.com/boos/2784684-a-james-o-brien-masterclass-in-how-to-deal-with-people-demanding-that-muslims-apologise-for-charliehebdo/ Read today's post: In response to last night's shocking BBC Panorama by Dr Salman Butt Read…
Reply from Dr. Haitham Al-Haddad to allegations made in the Daily Mail & Sunday Times newspaper
I was deeply saddened on Sunday morning to see the article in your newspaper maligning…
