UK
From political awakening to influence
How British Muslims can move beyond political mobilisation towards long-term civic engagement, relationship-building, and real local power.
The real reason behind the confiscation of my passport
Moazzam Begg reveals why the British government has been continually harassing him since his return from Guantanamo, and took his passport for the second time in eight years. In the summer of…
Can you blame Muslims for wanting to segregate?
A recent statement by Channel 4’s Jon Snow sparked a large conversation in the media, where he revealed in an interview about meeting new female colleagues, “Sex comes into every evaluation of…
Some deaths are more equal than others
Asim Qureshi, who met one of the Woolwich attackers, writes about how the case reveals much about how we value human life. With the Woolwich trial now over, there are some important…
Friends of Israel for Sale: The Times, Tories and Think Tanks
The Times newspaper has published an article on two of the groups involved in the gender segregation issue. Recently Muslim students awoke to the reality that the right wing Henry Jackson Society’s project, “Student Rights,”…
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 me and attributing beliefs to myself which I have for many years argued against. I would like…
Stop the witch-hunt of Muslim students & Palestine activists
As an activist, who is independent of any group, political or otherwise, it has come to my attention that "Student Rights" has been making headlines on the "Segregation” debate. As a Muslim woman calling…