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.
Jihad – The Solution?
The counter-terrorism policies that are being suggested in the wake of the attempted attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalib are indicative of a return to the Bush/Blair style policies that have led to…
Making the Most of the Proposed Protest on the 31st of Oct
Innayat Bunglawala recently wrote on the Guardian’s ‘Comment is free’ that there was a need to respond to a small group of Muslims’ misguided efforts on the 31st of October to carry…
Sarkozy’s Values & the Honour of Women
On the 22nd June 2009 French President Sarkozy announced that the Burqa is incongruous with French values. He said "In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen,…
Discussing the ‘Symbol of Subjugation’
In a speech delivered on the 22nd of June the President of France said, “the burqa is not a religious sign’ — it’s a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement. It…
A Society Divided
A short intro Late in the sixties, Jane Elliot, a primary school teacher in America, conducted an experiment with her third grade class. She told an all white group that blue-eyed people…
Reasoning with the Unreasonable
In the current hysteria that has become the debate around Islamic law, immigration, anti-Semitism, the veil and foreign policy, there has come a sense of irrationality that has been exuded by Britons…