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.
Know Your Rights: What to do when MI5 come knocking on your door
Since the start of the War on Terror, there has been consistent harassment of the Muslim community – and several non-Muslims too – by security agencies in the UK and abroad. There…
First came the Criminals, then came the Imbeciles
Mohammed Liaqat and Abid Saddique are criminals, that much is clear. Their actions were morally reprehensible and a sad reminder that there exist individuals in the world who allow their animal passions…
Thinking about Freedom of Speech
There are a number of issues of which popular British culture had previously been tolerant but no longer so, as events continue to show. Taking the example of the veil, whilst the…
The Hypocrites of our Community
Islamic history records numerous examples of hypocrites whose main aim has been to destroy Islam from within, making them more dangerous than the disbelievers who overtly wage war against Islam. The harm…
Thank You, Mr Ware. And Sorry.
Panorama’s episode aired on BBC on Monday 22nd of November 2010 entitled ‘British schools, Islamic rules’ was unfair, biased, irresponsible and factually inaccurate1. That the report was presented by John Ware comes…
Reading Nudity: Rethinking the Issue of the Body Scanner
Abstract: The paper makes a decidedly radical re-reading of the installation of body scanners in Britain and the US, so as to question the singular emphasis on security that discussions about these…