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…
One of the most common mistakes people make about cultural and politics is suggesting that history is inevitably heading in one direction. We hear it most commonly in the argument made that “we can’t turn the clock back” to the 1950s, as if anyone is planning to ban garlic bread or continental lager. (I don’t…
News Agencies – April 8, 2012 A Montreal university student was detained at the U.S. border, held for several hours, interrogated, had his personal belongings searched and saw his computer confiscated for more than a week. What caught the authorities’ attention? His doctoral research on Islamic studies, he says. In a case that has…
02.02.2012 Following the launch of Germany’s first Centre for Islamic theology in Tübingen (as reported), the second centre is soon to be launched at the University of Osnabrück. Last week, the university and the Islamic associations involved in developing the centre founded the Institute’s Academic Consultative Committee, which is an important step towards opening the…
22.08.2011 In light of changes to the tuition and student loan system in the UK, which lead to higher tuition fees and interest rates on loans, Muslim student groups are calling for a separate student loan system, as paying interest conflicts with some interpretations of Islamic (Sharia) law. This conflict may prevent some Muslims from…
