April 17, 2014 “The Blind Man’s Garden” is the fourth novel to be published by the British–Pakistani author Nadeem Aslam. In this book, he returns to the days, weeks and months immediately following 9/11 and relates them from the perspective of a Pakistani family that is subsequently drawn into the ensuing war in Afghanistan….
April 14, 2014 The investigation into an alleged plot by Islamic extremists to take over schools in Birmingham has widened after more than 200 complaints were received by the city council amid claims that religious hardliners threatened to overthrow secular head teachers. Staff at one of the Birmingham schools targeted by Muslim hardliners in…
April 10, 2014 Every month a new batch of British Muslims leaves the country to risk their lives in Syria’s brutal civil war that after three years of bitter conflict that has now claimed an estimated 150,000 lives. Figures recently compiled by MI5, Britain’s domestic intelligence service, indicate that at least 500 British Muslims…
April 16, 2014 Teachers’ leaders are calling for a review of the GCSE and A-level exam schedule next year to help Muslim students cope with a clash between it and Ramadan. Students who will have to fast during the exam period are bound to lose marks as a result, the Association of Teachers and…
April 14, 2014 Tony Blair has been accused of an embarrassing hypocrisy after reports emerged that his high-profile multi-faith charity has links to an international Islamist group which he himself dismissed earlier this year. According to one international watchdog organisation, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation has two senior advisors with close links to the…
