On the 10th June 2021 Ed Husain’s released his latest book, titled “Among the Mosques: A Journey across Muslim Britain”. Despite being praised by the British media as “fascinating”1,”timely and important”2, doubts have been raised by local councils, academics and activists who argue that Husain’s work contains both factual inaccuracies and sweeping generalisations. Among the…
The 3rd June 2021 saw the release of a new British TV sitcom “We Are Lady Parts”. Directed by British Pakistani creator and writer, Nida Manzoor, the show follows a fictional group of five women – each from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, and social classes – forming a punk band. Whilst British women of…
The German government has decided it is time to change its approach of the threat of Islamism. In late April, the congressional faction of the conservative leading party, the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU’s) unanimously adopted a position paper entitled “Preserving a free society, promoting social cohesion, and combating political Islamism”. Their main goal is to…
Having faced extensive criticism in regards to their failure in tackling Islamophobia within the organisation, an independent inquiry was launched at the end of 2019 in order to investigate increasing allegations against the British Conservative party. However, two of those appointed to lead the inquiry, Professor Swaran Singh (inquiry chair) and Wasiq Wasiq, were openly…
The province of Alberta, Canada, has seen an increase in racially motivated attacks against Black Muslim women since December 2020. These attacks include both physical threats, verbals threats, and assaults, and have been largely occurring in the cities of Calgary and Edmonton. Whilst Edmonton Police have now made arrests in connections with these cases, the way…
