Radicalization
Play exploring the Trojan Horse scandal aims to hear the voices of the Birmingham Muslim community
This August, a documentary play based on over two hundred interviews from over ninety witnesses, including some of the teachers, pupils, parents, and governors involved, will explore the Trojan Horse scandal. Its writers say it aims to give a voice to the Muslim community in Birmingham traumatised by the events.
2,000 women and children held in Syrian detention camps for links to ISIS represent another challenge for European governments
More than 2,000 foreign women and children are being held in detention camps in Syria after moving with their husbands to join ISIS. After their husbands are captured or killed, many of their families also find themselves captured and stuck in limbo as their home countries ignore pleas to repatriate them.
French Islam’s Reform: Collomb announces departmental dialogues
A major dialogue to reform the organization and financing of Islam in France will take place in each department from now until September 15, announced Interior Minister Gérard Collomb. These “territorial foundations of French Islam” must involve the “actors on the ground” in order to improve Islam’s representation, the financing of its places of worship…
Mixed reactions after Muslim rapper booked to play at Bataclan
The controversial rapper Médine will perform two shows in October at the Bataclan. The 35-year French-Algerian Muslim, who describes himself as an “Islamo-racaille” (“Islamo-hooligan”), is known for his provocative songs about Islam and laïcité. The controversy stems from his 2005 album Jihad, the Greatest Battle Is Against Oneself, which includes calls to “crucify secularists like…
Far-right figurehead, Tommy Robinson, jailed after violating suspended sentence for videoing Muslims
The former leader of the far-right group the English Defence League (EDL), Tommy Robinson, has been jailed for thirteen months for breaking contempt of court laws with a Facebook Live video that could prejudice an ongoing trial. His supporters have protested his imprisonment, and Donald Trump Jr. has leant his support to their cause.