Comments on: Education and Understanding: The Tools for Tomorrow http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2010/02/18/education-and-understanding-the-tools-for-tomorrow/ Dissecting the News Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeff http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2010/02/18/education-and-understanding-the-tools-for-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Jeff Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:20:54 +0000 http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2010/02/18/education-and-understanding-the-tools-for-tomorrow/#comment-458 Many students and scholars will find the following links offering an interesting dimension for further exploration of the topic. http://www.jc2m.co.uk/Issue1/Chermak.pdf http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=11a895ab-c168-48aa-b3a5-5d041d241560 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbushman/BB04.pdf http://sitemaker.umich.edu/brad.bushman/files/dbbkv09.pdf http://sceptiphrenia.blogspot.com/2008/07/mark-borkowskis-fame-formula.html Many students and scholars will find the following links offering an interesting dimension for further exploration of the topic.

http://www.jc2m.co.uk/Issue1/Chermak.pdf
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=11a895ab-c168-48aa-b3a5-5d041d241560
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbushman/BB04.pdf
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/brad.bushman/files/dbbkv09.pdf
http://sceptiphrenia.blogspot.com/2008/07/mark-borkowskis-fame-formula.html

]]> By: Hesham http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2010/02/18/education-and-understanding-the-tools-for-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Hesham Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:34:43 +0000 http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2010/02/18/education-and-understanding-the-tools-for-tomorrow/#comment-237 Ha, sorry, that should read 'The rise' and not 'The risk'- the latter rather undoes my own argument! Ha, sorry, that should read ‘The rise’ and not ‘The risk’- the latter rather undoes my own argument!

]]> By: Hesham http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2010/02/18/education-and-understanding-the-tools-for-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Hesham Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:33:08 +0000 http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2010/02/18/education-and-understanding-the-tools-for-tomorrow/#comment-236 I am saddened and inspired, in equal measure, to hear of Yasir Abdelmouttalib's plight. The risk of Islamophobia in the West since 9/11 has been stark, and the events of that day probably went some way into eroding all the worthy efforts of the Runnymede Trust up to that day. Be it an attack on minarets, the hijab, the niqaab or a general upturn in Islamophobic discourse in the mainstream media, Muslims the West over have felt the repercussions of this changing climate. As such, an initiative like the European Muslim Research Centre can become invaluable in reversing this trend; hope lies at the feet of the academics. I am glad you reject from the outset the false premise of incongruity between Islam and Europe. Perhaps if we all put a bit of Yasir into us this project might just work. I am saddened and inspired, in equal measure, to hear of Yasir Abdelmouttalib’s plight.

The risk of Islamophobia in the West since 9/11 has been stark, and the events of that day probably went some way into eroding all the worthy efforts of the Runnymede Trust up to that day. Be it an attack on minarets, the hijab, the niqaab or a general upturn in Islamophobic discourse in the mainstream media, Muslims the West over have felt the repercussions of this changing climate.

As such, an initiative like the European Muslim Research Centre can become invaluable in reversing this trend; hope lies at the feet of the academics. I am glad you reject from the outset the false premise of incongruity between Islam and Europe.

Perhaps if we all put a bit of Yasir into us this project might just work.

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