Tag: POLITICS

Manufacturing the Muslim Enemy

Muhammad Thomson 20 Min Read

Islamophobia - a thousand years of deadly lies What we are witnessing in today’s socio-political climate is not the first period of intense propagation of Islamophobia in the West. There have been

I’m a non-binary Briton. And proud.

Muhammad Thomson 11 Min Read

All this hype about Muslims not being British enough reminds me of Barack Obama’s 50% white heritage and the question that no one asks: Just how white do you have to be

Podcast – Was the government caught deceiving Muslims?

Dr. Salman Butt 1 Min Read

https://soundcloud.com/islam21c/podcast-was-the-government-caught-deceiving-muslims Why did the government go to such great lengths to cover up its covert funding of some "independent Muslim organisations"? Click above to listen to the latest podcast with your host

The Politics of Anti-Semitism

Fahad Ansari 9 Min Read

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

Is David Cameron OK with “an” Islamic State then?

Dilly Hussain 6 Min Read

On Wednesday 20 April 2016, David Cameron defamed Imām Sulaiman Ghani from Tooting at Prime Minister's Questions as an "IS supporter" - a popular acronym for ISIS. Downing Street's Press Office later clarified

Londoners Reject the Politics of Racism & Fear

Laura Stuart 14 Min Read

Since London woke up to confirmation of a resounding win for Labour’s Sadiq Khan in the Mayoral Elections, another campaign of blame apportioning in the Conservative Party seems to be underway. The

Aleppo Is Burning

Ahmed Hammuda 10 Min Read

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5QfpJE7eMg #AleppoIsBurning - A Genocide, a Watchful Lord and an Appointed Time Over 200 Syrian civilians were murdered in the span of 48 hours in the latest escalating onslaught on Aleppo. So

The London Mayoral Elections

Dr Shazad Amin 10 Min Read

It is easy to forget with the domination of the EU referendum in current political debate that there are a number of elections that will take place in May, ahead of the

Would a Brexit shield us from the storm?

Muhammad Thomson 18 Min Read

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

Should Muslims care about the EU referendum?

Dr. Salman Butt 15 Min Read

This week has seen the launch of several campaigns surrounding the looming European Union referendum. Although impassioned rhetoric surrounding a ‘Brexit’ (UK’s exit from the EU) has been flying around for months,