Tag Archives: EXTREMISM

‘Innocent until proven guilty’, is the principle known as the presumption of innocence.  It is the principle that assumes innocence putting the burden of proof on the accuser.  This principle applies in most countries now, thankfully, including the UK, and was enshrined ...

The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has recently published lectures from its most recent Islamophobia conference,[1] including the following remarks by Professor David Miller. He begins with the bold statement, “The main reason we have Islamophobia is the counterterrorism apparatus. ...

UPDATE: The police chief is reported to have avoided the event after pressure – read more The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), the country’s leading Muslim representative body, has criticised a top Metropolitan police chief for his decision to speak ...

Who is the Real Threat to British Democracy? Part II Click here for part I The pro-Israel lobby and the actions of an employee of the Israeli embassy in London exposed in the Al-Jazeera documentary should be a cause for national concern.[1] ...

A landmark legal challenge is currently being fought by the first person to be affected by the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014.[1] Tahir Alam is the first person to have been “banned from having any involvement with schools” by ...

The minor signs have been coming in thick and fast these last few decades and now the Dunya seems about to enter the period of the “rule of fools”. Rasūlulllāh (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said “Soon the Luka b. ...

Reality shows are supposed to convey a sense of reality using “real-life” people. The “reality” is, however,[1] that the shows are as real as the statements coming forth from the mouths of politicians.[2] This is the case in a post-modern age when lying has become an unquestioned furniture of an ...

The Politics of Hijāb The hijāb is a concept which goes beyond the sublunary. It connects to the spiritual by obliterating worldly expectations in favour of conformity to that which is most pleasing to Allāh, Most High. It is, for ...

The Spanish Inquisition The new Assassin’s Creed movie is an adaptation of the popular video game. The movie is set in a fictional version of real-world events – the real world events being the Spanish inquisition that followed the end ...

We are a popular bunch, aren’t we?  Every so often a “documentary”, poll, media debate or op-ed crops up which thrusts some 5% of Britain’s population back in the scrutinising docks where everything, from our revelatory texts and views, to ...