• Issues in Politics

    On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Immigration and Integration, Interfaith and Multicultural Engagement, Issues in Politics, United Kingdom

    Anne Norton rejects the ‘clash of civilisations’ view of Islam and the west, but offers little to replace it. Lawrence Rosen is the author of Varieties of Muslim Experience and The Culture of Islam offers the review of Anne Norton’s new publication On the Muslim Question.   Anne Norton thinks that the “Muslim question”...

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    Yvette Cooper welcomes Abu Qatada’s pledge to leave UK

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Issues in Politics, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, Security and Counterterrorism, United Kingdom

    Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper welcomes the news Abu Qatada could return to Jordan, saying: “We all agree he should stand fair trial there so justice can be done.” The Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada will return to Jordan voluntarily when the Jordanian parliament ratifies a deal with Britain that ensures he will receive...

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    Pork found in Halal lamb burgers supplied to Leicester schools

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Education and Schooling, Islamic Practice and Jurisprudence, Issues in Politics, United Kingdom

    Halal lamb burgers have been withdrawn from a city’s schools after tests revealed a sample contained pork. The decision follows DNA tests on a batch of frozen burgers manufactured by Doncaster-based Paragon Quality Foods Limited in January, Leicester Council said today. Assistant city mayor Vi Dempster said: “I am appalled by this situation. It...

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    The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Film Review

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Issues in Politics, Security and Counterterrorism, United Kingdom

    Its message might be flabby, but Mira Nair’s adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s novel is still a bold piece of global storytelling. Based on the 2007 novel by Mohsin Hamid, this is an ambitious, heartfelt tale of divided loyalties in a world where complacent belief in the triumph of globalised capital was shattered by the...

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