19 June 2012 A controversy sparked when the University of York’s Islamic Society invited Yusuf Chambers last week to speak at their event entitled ‘Patience, Perseverance and the Final Exam’. The event was criticised by Stand for Peace, one of Britain’s leading Jewish-Muslim interfaith organisations, for Chambers anti-homosexual views that he had expressed earlier….
20 June 2012 Mohammed Sajid Khan, 33, and his wife Shasta, 38 have been arrested for terrorism offences in Manchester. They had been preparing a bomb to attack on Jewish targets in Manchester. After a domestic quarrel the police were called to their house. They then discovered the intention of the couple and arrested…
22 June 2012 Made in UK, a London based charity is taking 16 young Muslim volunteer a month-long programme to Bosnia & Herzegovina. They are travelling to the region to live and work with families around Srebrenica. The programme aims to revive the concept of a journey as an act of learning and…
24 June 2012 Rowan Williams the Archbishop of Canterbury, has had good relations with the British Muslim community during his nine years of service. He was vociferous critique of the war on Iraq and signed a petition in 2002 to oppose the war. He also, in 2006 wrote a letter to Tony Blair on behalf…
The National Post – June 19, 2012 This opinion piece captures Jonathan Kay’s talk as a panelist at the “Message of Peace: Countering Islamophobia” conference, hosted by the University of Toronto’s Muslim Students’ Association and ICNA Canada. He says, “Contrary to what some pundits argue, I do believe Islamophobia is a real phenomenon. Which is…
