Issues in Politics
Falling support of Muslims for UK Labour Party
On June 14th 2020 the Labour Muslim Network (LMN) released the results of their LMN-Survation 2021 and was one of the first ever opinion polls of British Muslims in the UK. It was conducted in partnership with one of the UK’s largest polling organisations – Survation, and sought to provide valuable insight into the perspectives…
The Ontario Killing of a Muslim Family:Islamophobia in Canada
On the 6th June 2021, four members of a Muslim family – spanning three generations – were killed in a premeditated attack in London, Ontario, Canada. Only one member of the family, a nine year old boy, survived. It is the largest attack in London’s history1, and the worst attack against Canadian Muslims since the…
The New French Bill Against Terrorism
On June the 3rd 2021, the bill to “prevent acts of terrorism and (reinforce) French Security services” was voted by the French National Assembly. The text acceptedin its first reading, must now be adopted by the Senate, the second chamber of French parliament. While the government has been working on the bill for some months,…
Veiled Electoral Candidate not Welcome on French Presidential Majority List
The departmental elections ( one of the local levels of state administration ) will take place in the summer of 2021. Two local candidates of the presidential majority have faced online backlash after a member of the extreme-right party Rassemblement National (RN) vehemently criticized the presence of a veiled woman as second substitute on the…
Islamophobia within the British Conservative Party: An Inquiry
The Conservative party has long faced criticism over its failure to tackle Islamophobia within the organisation, with allegations being made against senior and prominent politicians in the party such as Boris Johnson and Michal Gove. In 2018, the Muslim Council of Britain called for an independent inquiry into the problem. Citing nine cases of anti-Islam…