News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
In a public address to the Greencoat Forum earlier this week Sir Iqbal Sacranie of the Muslim Council of Britain explained why the word Islam should not be accepted as a euphemism for ‘terrorism’ in the British press. At a forum entitled ‘The Britain I would like to see’, Sir Iqbal Sacranie, chair of the
Government plans that could see the closure of mosques suspected of inciting extremism have been attacked by Muslim leaders. Sir Iqbal Sacranie said the move would “criminalise an entire community for the criminality carried out by a few”. The Muslim Council of Britain secretary general made his comments in a speech to an east London
By ANDREW WOODCOCK BRITAIN’S ethnic minority communities might be given new names in an effort to strengthen their ties to this country. Home Office minister Hazel Blears is to ask representatives of Muslim and other minorities whether they would prefer to be known by US-style hyphenated terms such as Asian-British, Pakistani-British or Indian-British, rather than