Politics
Reflections from the story of Abu Jahl
From the signs witnessed by Abu Jahl to modern political denial, evidence is not always the barrier.
The CTS bill is now law, but ‘the battle is not over.’
It must be a sign of the times that as we mark 800 years of Magna Carta we expect a law that will tear it to shreds to pass through parliament largely…
Owen Jones BBC Radio 5 Live Interview on Cathy Newman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiyqEqJnx8o An excellent 5 minute interview on BBC Radio 5 with Owen Jones about Channel 4's Cathy Newman, who finally made the apology we and many other organisations and activists pressured…
#ChapelHillShooting: The Media Complicity in the Murder of Muslim Student
#ChapelHillShooting: The Media Complicity in the Murder of Muslim Student #MuslimLivesMatter In North Carolina, US, on the 10th of February 2015, three young Muslim students were shot by their white, atheist neighbour,…
Rise of the Keyboard Army | A new era of Muslim political activism
Rise of the Keyboard Army A new era of Muslim political activism Lobbying takes its name from the lobbies, or hallways, of Parliament where MPs and peers gather before and after debates…
How the government makes you a terrorist without ever arresting you
In this piece, Asim Qureshi Research Director at CAGE takes us through how a routine stop under Schedule 7 and its specially engineered questions, can lead to oppressive civil orders leaving the…
The Woman who cried wolf
Cathy Newman is slammed on social media as #FictionOn4 trends Pictures speak volumes. In Cathy Newman’s case, images from a mosque CCTV camera also spoke volumes, they exposed her as a liar,…