Why the burka is part of Britain: France and Britain compared

Nicolas Sarkozy’s speech before the Senate, in which he announced the ban of the burka in France, has stirred some emotion and discussion in Britain, where such law is far from being thought of. In her article Cassandra Jardine compares the two countries, pointing to the right to individual and religious expression in Britain. Ahmed…

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“New Muslim Cool” Takes Inside Look at Fusion of Islam and Hip-Hop

Produced in Association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) And the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) “New Muslim Cool transcends race, ethnicity, class and religion. Like hip-hop culture, the film is all about irrepressible social transformation and empowerment.” — Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Hip-Hop Summit Action Network New Muslim Cool is Islam as you have never…

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British Islam on anti-extremism tour in Pakistan [3:13]

Maajid Nawaz, a British citizen and former member of the Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, is now being funded by the British government to promote ideas on Islam. During his membership to Hisb ut-Tahrir, he was imprisoned in Egypt for belonging to a banned political party. After Nawaz resigned from Islamism he became active in the…

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BBC supports Islam and attacks Christianity, says ex-presenter

Don Maclean, who hosted Good Morning Sunday for 16 years, claimed that the corporation is biased against Christianity and had embarked on a movement to “secularise the country”. “They’re keen on Islam, they’re keen on programmes that attack the Christian church,” he said and added that programming chiefs were keen to take a “negative angle…

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Geert Wilders to make new anti-Islam film

Controversial Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, who is internationally criticized over his anti-Islam production ‘Fitna’ plans to make another film against Islam. He told the Israeli daily Haaretz that Israel would be in the limelight in his next film. The right-wing anti-immigrant politician declared in April that he is working on a sequel about the “Islamization…

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