The liberal and traditionally secular weekly The New Statesman dedicates its latest issue to prejudices against Islam in Britain. The issue, entitled “Everything you know about ISLAM is wrong”, features articles by ex-extremist Ed Husain, Tariq Ramadan and Ziauddin Sardar. The lead article calls for supporting British Muslims who are being alienated due to terror…
A report which explores the philosophical and theological perspectives on what it means to be a Muslim in Britain today has been published. The publication of the study, entitled “Contextualising Islam in Britain: Exploratory Perspectives” marks the culmination of a nine month research project by the University of Cambridge in association with the Universities of…
Favourite figure especially of the tabloid press, British Islamist Anjem Choudary loves to provoke. There is hardly a controversial topic he has left out – be it implementing shari’a in Britain with also non-Muslim women having to wear the burka, glorifying terrorism, calling for assassinating the Pope or just pointing to the evilness of Christmas….
When the author was sixteen, he became an Islamic fundamentalist. Five years later, after much emotional turmoil, he rejected fundamentalist teachings and returned to normal life and his family. He tried to put his experiences behind him, but as the events of 7/7 unfolded, it became clear to him that Islamist groups pose a threat…
