• Youth and Pop Culture

    Extremist Islamist leaders preaching to UK students, says study

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Education and Schooling, Interfaith and Multicultural Engagement, Radicalization, United Kingdom, Youth and Pop Culture

    Extremist Islamist leaders preached to crowds of students at almost 200 official events at universities including Cambridge in the past year, a study has revealed. Segregation at student events has become a widespread trend at many UK universities, a student equality group claims. Radical preachers spoke at universities including Cardiff and University College London...

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    ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ movie review

    by  • May 10, 2013 • Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, United States, Youth and Pop Culture

    There’s a double meaning to the title of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” filmmaker Mira Nair’s great, gripping and complex drama based on the 2007 novel by Mohsin Hamid about the roots of extremism. On a superficial level, “fundamentalist” refers to religious identity, one unfortunately most often associated with Islamic terrorism these days. And the story — about...

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