The shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., is the day’s worst example of hateful violence — but it is not, sadly, the only one. Early Monday morning, someone set fire to the Islamic Society of Joplin during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. The mosque couldn’t be saved, so now there are 50…
“I have grown up here so I believe it is my place. I don’t feel that I am an outsider. This is my country. I had my education here and I am very pleased that I am a British Muslim.” —Focus group respondent Muslims in London highlights the complexities around belonging and identity amongst Muslim…
30 June 2012 In a recent research entitled Understanding Society carried out by the Institute for Social and Economic Research it was found that British Muslims feel more strongly about their British identities. The research enjoyed a wide participation of around 40,000 UK households. Those of Pakistani origin scored highest in the research…
19 June 2012 A controversy sparked when the University of York’s Islamic Society invited Yusuf Chambers last week to speak at their event entitled ‘Patience, Perseverance and the Final Exam’. The event was criticised by Stand for Peace, one of Britain’s leading Jewish-Muslim interfaith organisations, for Chambers anti-homosexual views that he had expressed earlier….
30 Apr 2012 London Metropolitan University is one of the most Muslim populated universities in Britain. Around 20 per cent of the students of the university are Muslims, thus it has an important place in debates surrounding British Muslims. The university attracted considerable public attention in 2006 when the police raided portable buildings used by…
