July 25, 2019 Author Sham Qayyum Lecturer in Law, University of Hertfordshire Islamophobia is a form of racism that is not well understood. Instead it is often ignored and […]
Diana Darke Arabic-speaking ‘recruitment’ videos the British government made in the 1960s show a more tolerant nation than today’s hostile environment Thu 9 May 2019 A still from the […]
Source: Derby Telegraph By Christopher Harper REPORTER CHRIS HARPER SPEAKS ABOUT RADIO IKHLAS AND ITS £10,000 FINE A Derby-based radio station has been fined £10,000 for broadcasting hate speech. Radio […]
Chris Doyle December 03, 2018 Protesters holds a sign which reads “Islamophobia is not freedom” in London. (File Photo/AFP) Even the most hard-nosed, empathetically challenged Brits must have been shocked […]
Ramadan is an important time for Muslims and I have early memories of taking part in it when I was a child and it was always viewed as a […]
The original hate letter had been sent to homes all around the country By Michael Yong 16:59, 16 MAR 2018 A new letter calling for people to “love a Muslim” […]
Myriam Francois 21 November 2017 • 10:46am http://tpc.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-14/html/container.html Getting married is filled with love, family, friends and new beginnings. But it is also the solemnisation of a set of legal rights as partners – not least of which are robust protections in case the relationship breaks down. Marriage laws differ […]
Farah Elahi Twenty years ago, a report on Islamophobia described how stereotypes harm Muslims in Britain. Today, new research suggests things have got worse ‘The drip-drip demonising of Muslim communities […]
We must ensure that no one is raised under a needlessly isolating doctrine when the benefits from all those who have happily integrated are so clear to see Nav Mirza 81 comments We need to involve young men and women in the modernisation of Islam in Britain Reuters As a […]
This report claims that many British people believe Muslims have not integrated – but does this not tell us more about those British people than it does about British Muslims? How many of these Brits criticising their Muslim compatriots actually know that sharia law dictates a person should obey the […]
Public debate has become toxic and polarised: on one side are the people who call all Muslims terrorists and extremists, and on the other are the people who cry ‘Islamophobia’ the moment anyone opens a discussion about Islamist extremism in Britain Sara Khan @sarakhaninspire Muslim children carrying flowers join a vigil […]
Source: New Statesman Three new books reflect on the complexities, and challenges, faced by Muslims in Britain. Letters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash is published by Picador (245pp, £16.99) The Battle for British Islam: Reclaiming Muslim Identity from Extremism by Sara Khan with Tony McMahon is published […]
At the Q&A with the producers, director and some of the participants, we were told how difficult it was to find Muslims who were willing to participate in the documentary. That didn’t come as a surprise Nishaat Ismail 17 hours ago 14 comments Two young British Muslims dance in The […]
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association with residents of Norwood House Nursing Home in Keighley / David Knights MEMBERS of a Keighley women’s group took a message of peace and harmony to the Norwood House Nursing Home. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association visited the home, in Greenthwaite Close, during […]
Caliph says most UK Muslims well integrated into British society after Casey report cited ‘worrying levels’ of segregation A Muslim woman and her son walk down a cobbled street in Bradford. Photograph: David Levenson/Alamy Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent @harrietsherwood Tuesday 6 December 2016 True Islam means loyalty to the […]
Islamophobia watchdog says it cooperated with Labour MP on a report expected to conclude that violence against Muslims rose by 80% in 2015 Jo Cox was working with the watchdog Tell Mama. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images Kevin Rawlinson Monday 20 June 201609.45 BST Jo Cox, the MP who was killed […]
The stories of the British aristocrats who converted to Islam. Lady Evelyn Cobbold converted to Islam In 1933, at the age of 65 [Archives] by Josef O’Shea London, UK – When Londoners elected Sadiq Khan as mayor of their city, it sparked fresh debate about the place of Islam and Muslims […]
Source: Huffington Post By Umar Nasser Writer and medic The recent tragic murder of Ahmadi Muslim Asad Shah in Glasgow by another Muslim has brought much of the anti-Ahmadi prejudice latent […]
Telegraph: London is a more “Islamic” city than much of the Muslim world put together, a leading Muslim scholar has argued. Maulana Syed Ali Raza Rizvi, a prominent Shia cleric, who was born in Pakistan and studied in Iran, said he “feels more Islamic” in Britain than other countries because […]
He says it’s disrespectful to assume Muslim communities will change Mr Phillips claims Muslims ‘see the world differently from the rest of us’ Muslim Council says demanding change has promoted discrimination PM thinks integration failures have helped extremist ideas gain traction By MARK DUELL FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 05:04 GMT, 27 […]