Europe
From political awakening to influence
How British Muslims can move beyond political mobilisation towards long-term civic engagement, relationship-building, and real local power.
Time to Recognize the Blair Government’s Criminality
In the kabuki theater of British parliamentary politics, great crimes do not happen and criminals go free. It is theater after all; the pirouettes matter, not actions taken at remove in…
The Munir Farooqi Issue
Munir Farooqi ran a da’wah stall in a Manchester market. Two police officers intent on entrapment pretended to convert to Islam through his stall, and then continually visited him instigating conversations and…
The New Religion of Globalised Greed Part 2: Circles of Influence
*This is the second article in the series 'The New Religion of Globalised Greed'. click here to read part 1.While this week the career of Tory Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, fizzled…
Create me a Folk Devil
More than 200 years after the emergence of modern politics there are signs of decay exemplified by low voter turnout and party memberships. But this condition of contemporary politics in Britain is…
Seven Years in Captivity: Babar Ahmad Petition
Babar Ahmad is a 37 year old British Muslim and the longest detained-without-charge British detainee held as part of the global ‘war on terror’. In December 2003 Babar was arrested at his…
This is Terror
So the people of Britain have finally learned the true meaning of the word ‘terror’. For almost a decade, the government and the media have expended enormous efforts to attempt to teach…