Day: June 9, 2026

Those who championed free speech in the UK and US now wage war on it. And here’s why: Palestine

OpinionFreedom of speech Mehdi Hasan It was once an article of faith that even those who speak words we disagree with deserve protection. As regards Palestine, that’s now not trueMon 8 Jun 2026 09.00 BSTShare Remember the Satanic Verses controversy? Remember “Je suis Charlie”? Remember the constant invocations of Voltaire and Orwell? The great irony […]

Forgotten giants: Prominent Muslim women who shaped the Islamic Golden Age

Adejumo Yaseer Oladimeji8th June 2026Save Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art/Unsplash Many people today assume that Islam deprived women of their rights and restricted their intellectual and social participation. However, historical evidence from the Islamic Golden Age (8th-14th centuries) presents a very different reality: Muslim women were scholars, educators, university founders, patrons of […]