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US Secretary of State urges The UK and France to let jihadis return
At the summit of the international coalition against ISIS (an 83-nation coalition), held in Rome on June 28th, US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stated “The United States continues to urge countries – including coalition partners – to repatriate, rehabilitate and, where applicable, prosecute its citizens“1. According to the Guardian, these remarks were primarily…
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…
Zahid N. Quraishi – The First Muslim Federal District Judge confirmed by the U.S Senate.
Zahid N. Quraishi 45 of New York City was confirmed by the U.S senate as the first Muslim-American in the nations history to serve on a federal district court as an Article III judge. The federal courts were first created over 230 years ago. The vote 83-to-16 was bipartisan, with 34 Republicans crossing party lines…
“Among the Mosques: A Journey Across Muslim Britain”: Praised by British Media but Criticized by Scholars
On the 10th June 2021 Ed Husain’s released his latest book, titled “Among the Mosques: A Journey across Muslim Britain”. Despite being praised by the British media as “fascinating”1,”timely and important”2, doubts have been raised by local councils, academics and activists who argue that Husain’s work contains both factual inaccuracies and sweeping generalisations. Among the…
“We are Lady Parts”: The New British Sitcom challenging the stereotypes of the “Muslim Woman”
The 3rd June 2021 saw the release of a new British TV sitcom “We Are Lady Parts”. Directed by British Pakistani creator and writer, Nida Manzoor, the show follows a fictional group of five women – each from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, and social classes – forming a punk band. Whilst British women of…