Sara Khan’t rescue Prevent
Ibtihal Bsis, a barrister who deals with Prevent-related cases, says the appointment of Sara Khan as "extremism tsar" proves the Government doesn't care about...
Leave the hijab alone
On World Hijab Day, activist Siema Iqbal gives 10 reasons why educationalists are wrong to try and ban the hijab in schools.
The obsession around...
I know France, that’s why I don’t believe Tariq Ramadan accusations
Journalist Hafsa Kara-Mustapha explains why she doesn't believe the accusations of rape levelled against the prominent Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan.
It feels odd to write...
Are governments using subterfuge to discredit our leaders?
Tamim Mobayed argues if you think that our leaders are infallible, you need to wake up. But if you think that subversion and deception...
Archbishop’s views on Muslims and multiculturalism are a throwback to colonialism
Faisal Bodi argues that the Archbishop of Canterbury is the latest senior figure in British public life to jump on the Islamophobic bandwagon.
The unending...
Book Review: A Virtue of Disobedience by Asim Qureshi
"Throughout the pages of this book, I have done my best to understand the world that I see before me through the lens of...
“A man of prayer, Quran, and charity” – This was my husband, Dr Abbas...
Hanaa Yehia, the widow of British surgeon Dr Abbas Khan, who died in a Syrian government prison in December 2013, describes the characteristics of...
Understanding Malala – the wider context beyond the polarisation
Pakistani political analyst Shiraz Paracha argues that Malala Yousafzai, who returned to Pakistan this week five years after being shot by the Taliban, is...
Is there such a thing as “Islamic feminism”?
Bassam Zawadi goes through different types of feminist theories and poses the question whether they can be reconciled with normative Islamic concepts, beliefs and...
Heroic Gazans revive new spirit in Palestine
Veteran Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan says the heroic Gazans have put the Palestinian cause back in the limelight by facing down Israeli snipers...
