Dr Uthman Lateef's reflections from his recent trip to Auschwitz...
Read More »The Sun to be investigated over “Nazi propaganda” against Muslims
The press regulator has received over 150 complaints against a characteristically ignorant piece in The Sun by Trevor Kavanagh, including complaints from Jewish and Muslim organisations, as well as a joint letter from 107 cross-party MPs voicing outrage...
Read More »Is LBC’s firing of Katie enough to combat Nazi ‘Solutions’?
In 1942, a sequence of events eventually culminated in the extermination of nearly 6 million Jewish men, women and children; and it all began with the euphemistically termed “Final Solution” to the Jewish Question. [1] That such inhumanity and manifest ...
Read More »“Moral Injury” and the pre-emptive war without end
If the justifications for recent military action against Muslim countries seem weak to non-Muslims, what do the people encouraging Muslims to join the military imagine they look like to us? The devastating effect that taking part might have on us is not completely unpredictable. Abdullah Thomson investigates Moral Injury in the new norm of pre-emptive war.
Read More »Surah al-Buruj: a crucial lesson on human suffering
“When they sat by it” Surah al-Buruj in light of Bystanding The place of ‘witnessing’ is a salient motif in Sūrah al-Burūj. At four points within the sūrah Allah draws our attention to forms of shahāda – ‘to witness’. He ...
Read More »The Politics of Anti-Semitism
It has been incredible to watch how swiftly the government, the mainstream media and dissidents within the Labour party have exploited comments made by a handful of politicians to try and undermine the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn with allegations that ...
Read More »The Propaganda Genius of “What British Muslims Really Think”
On Wednesday night Channel 4 documentaries aired “What British Muslims Really Think”. According to the host, Trevor Phillips, it is a unique new survey [which] reveals how British Muslims really think. And I can honestly say it was a treat. There ...
Read More »Would a Brexit shield us from the storm?
It’s not looking pretty in Europe. Through the mainstream media lens that most Britons rely on to see across the channel, and even more so through the unregulated and wildly distorting social media lens, the picture presented is one of ...
Read More »Noam Chomsky on historical media silence on Israeli atrocities
What follows is an excerpt from Noam Chomsky’s vast research shattering the myth of an independent media in ‘developed’ countries, Necessary Illusions: Though Control in Democratic Societies. He reveals in this section invaluable insights into what is currently happening in ...
Read More »Europe’s history of anti-semitism and the rise of Islamophobia
Over the last few months a national anti-racism campaign has been underway led by Muslim organisations in the UK. The main purpose of the campaign was to promote peace and tolerance, by understanding common views about racism in modern British society, and how Muslims could assist in collectively ...
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