The Trojan Horse scandal centred on an anonymous letter that was leaked to Birmingham’s City Council (United Kingdom) in 20131. It alleged that teachers and governors in certain schools, within predominantly Muslim areas of Birmingham, were being “systematically overthrown and replaced by people who would run the schools according conservative Islamic principles”2. The photocopy of…
The conflict in Ukraine has created another refugee crisis. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in two weeks (since 24 February), over 2 million people have fled Ukraine. Many of them are being welcomed by neighboring countries, particularly Poland (1,2 million), but also Hungary (over 191,000), Slovakia (over 140,000), Moldova and Romania (over 82,000…
The People’s Review of Prevent, published on the February 15th 2022, is run by Prevent Watch, an independent funded organisation about the negative impact of Prevent1. Prevent is one of the four components of the UK government’s counter-terrorism policy – with the aim of preventing people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism2. The other strands…
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe was launched online by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs on January 27th 2022. The Handbook was co-authored by Grace Davie, Professor Emeritues in Sociology at the University of Exeter, UK, and Lucian Leustean, Reader in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, UK. The…
“The Dinner Table Prejudice: Islamophobia in Contemporary Britain” (2022) is the latest, and one of the most detailed, reports to be released on Islamophobia in the UK. Authored by Dr Stephen H. Jones (University of Birmingham) and Dr Amy Unsworth (University College London) – in conjunction with YouGov and funded by the British Academy –…
