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Fighting for French Islam: Integration to Islamophobia?
April 10, 2014 - 1 Comment
Amid imbalanced pressures of integration in France, controversial Muslim figures enter the discourse for a French Islam It...
April 10, 2014 - 1 Comment
Amid imbalanced pressures of integration in France, controversial Muslim figures enter the discourse for a French Islam It...
British Sikhs: Is it Time to Decolonise?
February 15, 2014 - 4 Comments
British complicity in the attack of the Golden Temple provides a disturbing revelation for British-loyal Sikhs “We deliberately...
February 15, 2014 - 4 Comments
British complicity in the attack of the Golden Temple provides a disturbing revelation for British-loyal Sikhs “We deliberately...
Observing the Month of Ramadan Among Fellow Brits
July 9, 2013 - No comment
Being a British Muslim in Ramadan can be an accommodating and amusing experience – and even more so with this year’s...
July 9, 2013 - No comment
Being a British Muslim in Ramadan can be an accommodating and amusing experience – and even more so with this year’s...
Is Integration a One-Way Street?
June 23, 2011 - 11 Comments
By Dr Salman Al-Azami In a previous post I discussed why ethnic minorities should integrate with the majority community....
June 23, 2011 - 11 Comments
By Dr Salman Al-Azami In a previous post I discussed why ethnic minorities should integrate with the majority community....
A 21st Century Freedom Ride
May 26, 2011 - 7 Comments
Last weekend London hosted a conference bringing together for the first time people from across Europe to respond to the threat...
May 26, 2011 - 7 Comments
Last weekend London hosted a conference bringing together for the first time people from across Europe to respond to the threat...
The Loyalty Factor
May 19, 2011 - 22 Comments
By Dr Salman Al-Azami If I am asked about my identity, I would say that I am a British Bangladeshi Muslim. Do these three...
May 19, 2011 - 22 Comments
By Dr Salman Al-Azami If I am asked about my identity, I would say that I am a British Bangladeshi Muslim. Do these three...
Pigeonholed
May 11, 2011 - 14 Comments
Artwork by Rukia Begum By Akkas Al-Ali Years ago, as we were lining up in the playground, Carlos Ruiz (the class bully)...
May 11, 2011 - 14 Comments
Artwork by Rukia Begum By Akkas Al-Ali Years ago, as we were lining up in the playground, Carlos Ruiz (the class bully)...
Voices in the Making
April 19, 2010 - 9 Comments
By Uzma Hasan My biggest fear growing up was assimilation. I was desperate not to assimilate, to be different, to stand out from the crowd; as a teen my hair was the shortest in the class, I'd be listening to Prince when everyone else was into Nirvana, and later on in life I prided myself in making sure every major life changing decision was predicated on following the road less travelled. So it didn't come as much of a surprise to my parents - both doctors - when I told them I was going to make...
April 19, 2010 - 9 Comments
By Uzma Hasan My biggest fear growing up was assimilation. I was desperate not to assimilate, to be different, to stand out from the crowd; as a teen my hair was the shortest in the class, I'd be listening to Prince when everyone else was into Nirvana, and later on in life I prided myself in making sure every major life changing decision was predicated on following the road less travelled. So it didn't come as much of a surprise to my parents - both doctors - when I told them I was going to make...
CHANGE
March 4, 2010 - 4 Comments
By Basmah Saqib I’m out with my flag strapped to my backpack and I’m staring again at the Houses that have given up caring When is my voice gonna be heard? When will my government learn that We’re cursed? Sitting on a moral debt 705
March 4, 2010 - 4 Comments
By Basmah Saqib I’m out with my flag strapped to my backpack and I’m staring again at the Houses that have given up caring When is my voice gonna be heard? When will my government learn that We’re cursed? Sitting on a moral debt 705
Spicing up the Melting Pot
February 28, 2010 - 3 Comments
By Sadia Kidwai A few weeks ago, I found myself wandering through the Omar Khayyam exhibition at the British Library. The exhibition celebrated the 150th anniversary of Edward Fitzgerald’s publication of ‘The Ruibaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ – it was a translation that would spark a cultural phenomenon, gaining popularity in the fashionable ranks of the British elite. These verses, written by a Persian polymath in the 12th century, became a poetic sensation in the Victorian arts scene. Admirers...
February 28, 2010 - 3 Comments
By Sadia Kidwai A few weeks ago, I found myself wandering through the Omar Khayyam exhibition at the British Library. The exhibition celebrated the 150th anniversary of Edward Fitzgerald’s publication of ‘The Ruibaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ – it was a translation that would spark a cultural phenomenon, gaining popularity in the fashionable ranks of the British elite. These verses, written by a Persian polymath in the 12th century, became a poetic sensation in the Victorian arts scene. Admirers...
