By Abdullah Hasan, on May 5th, 2008%
The crucible for attaining recognition in the battle against extremism amidst the ranks of some secular Muslims is reaching its crescendo here in Britain. A couple of weeks ago we witnessed the mediocre launch of the Quilliam Foundation, followed a week later by the launch (re-launch) of the British Muslim for Secular Democracy [BMSD]. Both these and other similar initiatives have been plagued at the outset for their links with neo-cons and pro-war supporters and a secular agenda, leaving their credibility amongst Muslims void and non-existent.
When will the government understand that these attempts to fight radicalisation will not . . . → Read More: Eradicating antipathetic rhetoric
By Azad Ali, on May 3rd, 2008%
What an election! We have the first Conservative Mayor for London and we also have the first racist Islamophobe from the BNP in the London Assembly. So what do we make of this? Is this the end of an era or is it a beginning of a new one?
As ever, the outgoing Mayor was humble and dignified in his defeat, “I’m sorry I couldn’t get an extra few points that would take us to victory and the fault for that is solely my own.” Well Ken it’s not your fault it’s the fault of about 140,000 Londoners’ that . . . → Read More: ‘Ahlan’ Mayor Boris
By Hussain, on May 2nd, 2008%
Many of you no doubt are flooded with emails of the following sort:
‘Great news. Hope you all know about the Danish newspaper who made fun of our loving Prophet and till now they never regret… let us make them regret for all time…they all try to do something just to stop the boycott made by Muslims last month, by which their losses have reached to 2 billion Euros. If we continue to boycott Danish products after 7 months it could reach around 40 billion Euros destruction’.
And then we are charged with a lack of ‘love’ for . . . → Read More: To boycott or not to boycott
By Nabeel, on May 1st, 2008%
Thursday has come and gone. Votes have been cast and we are all tensely waiting on the outcome.
In all honesty I am concerned Boris may well nick it. That’s mainly for three reasons. One is that he’s more a celeb than a politician, which in today’s Big Brother world counts for a lot. Second is that people just find his oddities and gaffes an interesting novelty. And third is the deadly ‘newness factor’, as people may just want change after 8 years of Ken.
Boris has of course been trying to convince everybody of his credibility as . . . → Read More: Let Boris know your views
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