In March 2020, Trevor Philipps, the former politician and ex-chairman for the European and Human Rights Commission, was suspended by the UK Labour Party pending an investigation into allegations of Islamophobic statements1. At the time of the suspension, the Labour Party stated that allegations of Islamophobia are taken extremely seriously and complaints "are fully investigated … [Read more...] about UK Labour Party Under Fire for Readmitting Trevor Phillips after His Suspension for Alleged Islamophobia
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Debate on anti-Semitism in the Labour Party pulls in British Muslims
The debate around anti-Semitism in the Labour Party is continuing unabated, with many of the nine MPs who have recently left the Labour party to form the Independent Party stating that how anti-Semitism is being dealt with by the leadership has contributed to their decision to leave. A large part of the criticism surrounds Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, and his approach to … [Read more...] about Debate on anti-Semitism in the Labour Party pulls in British Muslims
Amid concern about Anjem Choudary’s release from prison, Ed Husain writes that the discourse of the Labour leadership is fuelling Islamist extremism
Writing in The Telegraph, Ed Husain says that the case of Anjem Choudary, the Islamist hate preacher who is due to be released from jail next month, demonstrates that the West “still has no answer to the Islamist ideal of the Caliphate”[1]. Husain argues that the liberal order of the UK is being exploited by extremists like Choudary, who might be temporarily removed from … [Read more...] about Amid concern about Anjem Choudary’s release from prison, Ed Husain writes that the discourse of the Labour leadership is fuelling Islamist extremism
Muslims Against Anti-Semitism’s full-page ad in two national newspapers pledged Muslim solidarity with Jewish community in eradicating anti-Semitism
Muslims Against Anti-Semitism (MAAS), “a collective group of British Muslims who believe that antisemitism within Muslim communities has gone on for far too long”, have established their organisation and its mission statement with a post in the Telegraph and the Times entitled “We Muslims have one word for Jews. Shalom.”[1] The post reads: As British Muslims, we believe … [Read more...] about Muslims Against Anti-Semitism’s full-page ad in two national newspapers pledged Muslim solidarity with Jewish community in eradicating anti-Semitism
‘The Silence of the Liberals’ criticises the British left-wing for damaging the voices of progressive Muslims, but this criticism lacks a nuance
Columnist, Nick Cohen, discusses how the British left-wing fail to support, and sometimes undermine, liberal progressive Muslims who are fighting inequalities endorsed by culture and religion in their community in his documentary for BBC Radio 4 (which has so far not sparked significant online reaction). He argues these inequalities would never be tolerated if they applied to … [Read more...] about ‘The Silence of the Liberals’ criticises the British left-wing for damaging the voices of progressive Muslims, but this criticism lacks a nuance