The Runnymede Trust: Islamophobia is still a significant issue in the UK
20 years on from their ground-breaking report on the topic, the Runnymede Trust has published a new report stating Islamophobia is “still a challenge for us all”
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In contrast to the outcry in France, the accusations of sexual misconduct against Tariq Ramadan have caused little stir in the UK.
While accusations of sexual misconduct against Tariq Ramadan have sparked French debate about wider issues to do with the Muslim community, the same debate has not emerged in Britain.
Debating ‘neutrality’: Conflict surrounding Berlin’s controversial law on religious symbols enters new round
In flashy advert campaigns, Berlin, Germany’s capital city, vaunts itself as the world’s “capital of freedom” defined by the coexistence of the widest possible array of diverse lifestyles.1 On a more mundane level, however, successive city administrations have struggled to come to terms with the implications of ethnic and religious diversity. Berlin’s ‘laic exceptionalism’ Unsurprisingly,…
Tariq Ramadan Affair: Let investigation run its course, leave Islam and Banlieue out
Tariq Ramadan might be seen as a voice for the voiceless among the Muslim and Arab youth in the banlieues, but it doesn’t make him their hero.
France welcomes first Libyan refugees
France will welcome the first refugees from Libya by the High Commissioner on Refugees, announced Pascal Brice, General Director of the French Office for the Protection of Refugee and Stateless Persons (OFPRA). According to the interior ministry, they are set to arrive by the end of January. The HCR presented OFPRA with a list of…