Review of the Year May 2014: Mayor Lutfur Rahman beats the establishment
On May 24 Lutfur Rahman was re-elected mayor of Tower Hamlets after a bitter campaign during which much of the media and political establishment...
Review of the Year April 2014: Happy Muslims divide opinion
In April 2014 British Muslims – some quite prominent – took part in a music video which showed that Muslims could be happy.
The video,...
Four Years After Mavi Marmara – A War Crime But No Justice
Laura Stuart recounts her experience of when Israeli forces attacked the Mavi Maramara.
Four and a half years on from the attack on the Freedom...
Harassed in Egypt, stripped of UK citizenship and exiled to Pakistan
This is a letter written by a British-born Muslim who was stripped of his citizenship along with his father and two brothers for alleged...
Review of the Year March 2014: Moazzam Begg charged & Egypt crackdown
British Muslim news in March 2014 was once again dominated by the arrest of former Guantanamo Bay detainee and Outreach Director of advocacy group...
Terrorism Asset Freezing Orders Creates “Prisoners of the State”
Terrorism Asset Freezing Orders makes innocent people become financial "prisoners of the state", writes Fahad Ansari.
On 1 October 2014, Assistant Chief Constable Marcus...
Like the US, Britain has lost its moral authority in the War of Terror
Britain’s new anti-terror bill is another step to strengthen its ‘Police State’ for the Muslim community, writes Abdul Wahid.
‘Let us be clear – torture...
Review of the Year Feb 2014: Moazzam Begg arrest & Daily Mail Islamophobia
Over the course of this month 5Pillarz will be recapping the biggest Muslim news stories at home and abroad as well as providing comment...
Father of Babar Ahmad: My Son Is Not a Terrorist But He Was Terrorised
Ashfaq Ahmed, the father of detained Briton Babar Ahmad, explains how his son is not a terrorist but has been terrorised.
This week marked the...
Review of the Year: January 2014 – Syria and Maajid “Donkey” Nawaz
Over the course of this month 5Pillarz will be recapping the biggest Muslim news stories at home and abroad as well as providing comment...
