“It’s striking that many American Republicans share with al-Qaeda the view that the West and the Islamic world are caught inevitably in a ‘clash of civilisations’”. This is what Nicholas Kristof’s article in The Scotsman yesterday had to say about the hysteria that has been...
We thought you might enjoy Mark Steel’s comic take on the hypocrisy and confused thought processes of those opposing the proposed Islamic centre in New York. Writing in The Independent he observes: “To give yourself a stressful and futile day, try telling people there are no plans to...
Why are more British Muslim women, without coercion from their fathers or husbands, choosing to wear the face veil (niqab)? On Monday 23rd August, Newsnight aired an interview with four women to ascertain why they adopted the niqab when their mothers did not.
Writing on his Telegraph blog today, Andrew Gilligan has attempted a throw back to his documentary, “Britain’s Islamic Republic”, by “exposing” the name of a person he had kept hidden at the time due to legal advice.
Richard Littlejohn in his Daily Mail column last week added his own thoughts to the controversy sparked in the US, and fuelled by right wingers, on the proposed plans to build an Islamic Centre near the Ground Zero site in New York. Alex Massie on Spectator blogs and Andrew Brown on the...
Following West Yorkshire Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison’s letter to Bradford Council exhorting a ban on the EDL’s proposed march in Bradford over the August bank holiday weekend, Home Secretary Theresa May has consented to the Council’s letter of request. A petition...
In an excellent piece in The Guardian, Charlie Brooker comments on the hysteria being whipped up by right-wing media elements in the US on the proposed plans for the so-called “Ground Zero mosque”. The facts on the ground are less exciting and far less controversial than the myths being...
The British Council has published a report on Muslim integration in Scotland. The report sheds empirical light on the presumption that Scottish Muslims are better integrated into Scottish society than Muslims in other parts of the UK. The study shows that Muslims are the least favourably viewed...
The Home Secretary has been asked to consider a ban on the planned march in Bradford by the English Defence League over the August bank holiday weekend. Static demonstrations in the UK cannot be prevented – assured as a fundamental right of freedom of association in any democracy – but the...
Four police officers accused of a “serious, gratuitous and prolonged” attack and racist abuse of Babar Ahmed are to be charged with assault. From the Press Association: “The officers, all members of the Metropolitan Police’s territorial support group, will be charged with causing...
