Tag: RADICALISM

Is Radicalisation Real? – Big Discussion Panel – Coming Soon

Editor 1 Min Read

- Click here to view this BIG Discussion - The Muslim community has been diagnosed with the problem of “radicalisation” by those outside of it, with David Cameron calling it “the greatest struggle

Exploiting Female Islamic Scholars

Quratulayn Haamidah 16 Min Read

I have always found it fascinating to read the various pity pieces about Muslim women; how we need saving from hairy chest-and-women-beating Muslim men; how our hijabs should be ripped off by

War on Terror 2.0 to be “Global War on Islam”

Quratulayn Haamidah 17 Min Read

Reality shows are supposed to convey a sense of reality using “real-life” people. The “reality” is, however, that the shows are as real as the statements coming forth from the mouths of politicians. This is the case in a post-modern age when

How do you make a terrorist?

Isa Alam 6 Min Read

Part 1 Introduction to the government's "science" behind what makes a terrorist Advocacy group CAGE published a groundbreaking report entitled “The Science of Pre-Crime: The Secret ‘Radicalisation’ Study Underpinning Prevent” on Thursday

The Brutal Truth About The Assassination of Jo Cox

Amar Alam 11 Min Read

The shocking and brutal murder of Helen Joanne Cox, a Labour MP, by a neo-Nazi led to an outpouring of grief among the general population last week. People of all faiths and

The Killer (not ‘terrorist’) of MP Jo Cox

Viqas Sheikh 12 Min Read

On the 16th of June, Jo Cox, the Labour MP for Birstall in West Yorkshire, was brutally murdered in her constituency before conducting her weekly surgery. Every testament suggests that she was

Response to Ch 4’s “Jihadis Next Door”

Dr. Salman Butt 21 Min Read

Jihadis under your bed Last night’s shocking Channel 4 documentary reminded me of the age-old relationship between opinion-formers and power. From Biblical Pharaohs and Roman Emperors to the modern nation state, there

The assault on university Islamic Societies

Adib Bari 12 Min Read

One of the most beautiful aspects of being a university student in the UK is that there are an array of different student societies that cater for various groups and activities which