Europe and Australia

Throwing Muslim minorities under the bus

This Islamophobia definition would make life harder for secular Muslims and minority sects. Rakib Ehsan Columnist 16th May 2019 While British politics has been utterly consumed by Brexit, there is an important parliamentary debate scheduled for this week – on the working definition of ‘Islamophobia’ that has been developed by […]

Garry Wills’ Video about the Holy Quran and Interfaith Tolerance

The above video in saved in the Muslim Times as well: The Quran (/kɔːrˈɑːn/[a] kor-AHN; Arabic: القرآن‎, romanized: al-Qurʾān Arabic pronunciation: [alqur’ʔaːn],[b] literally meaning “the recitation”; also romanized Qur’an or Koran[c]) is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God (Allah).[1] It is widely regarded as the […]

Is extremism really getting worse?

Source: BBC There is a widely-held narrative that we are living through a time of worsening intolerance in the UK, with people becoming more vitriolic and polarised. But Dr Julian Hargreaves, an adviser to the government’s Commission for Countering Extremism, challenges the evidence. He wants research to produce a better-informed […]