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Double standards on human rights | Rahila Gupta

CommentIsFree - 34 min 48 sec ago

Where does Amnesty International stand on women's rights after suspending Gita Sahgal for criticising links with Moazzam Begg?The Sunday Times last week carried an article in which the head of ...

Categories: General Blogs

UK: More on the British Social Attitudes study

Islam in Europe - 1 hour 20 min ago

UK: More on the British Social Attitudes studyVia LibertyPhile, data and analysis of the recent British Social Attitudes study. LibertyPhile also has an analysis of the Gallup Coexist Study ...

Categories: International Blogs

ACPO chief calls on Muslims to 'do more' to confront terrorism

ENGAGE - 1 hour 53 min ago

Sir Norman Bettison (pictured), the Association of Chief Police Officers' representative for policy on tackling violent extremism, told Peter Taylor, in his programme ‘Generation Jihad’ that the ...

Categories: Political Blogs

BBC2 begins new series: 'Generation Jihad'

ENGAGE - 2 hours 3 min ago

If you missed the first part of Peter Taylor’s (pictured) documentary for BBC 2, 'Generation Jihad', you can catch it again on BBC iPlayer, here. In the first of a three part series, 'Peter ...

Categories: Political Blogs

Community cohesion/ Prevent awareness sessions in Wales

ENGAGE - 2 hours 7 min ago

The Welsh Assembly has recently launched its community cohesion strategy for Wales on preventing all forms of violent extremism, ‘Getting on Together’. The assembly will also be holding ...

Categories: Political Blogs

ProductiveMuslim's Review to Success Planner

Productive Muslim - 2 hours 29 min ago

Over the past two weeks, we tried out Success Planner, a Muslim organizer software. And we liked it! Alhamdulillah, it is a fit for Productive Muslims. Here's our detailed review :) Success ...

Categories: Lifestyle Blogs

FOSIS President: 'universities must defend their cultures of inclusivity, free speech and trust'

ENGAGE - 2 hours 48 min ago

Faisal Hanjra (pictured), President of the Federation of Students' Islamic Societies (FOSIS), writes a column for the Student Times on the intense and unjustified scrutiny that university ...

Categories: Political Blogs

Netherlands: Bomb scare at train station

Islam in Europe - 2 hours 52 min ago

Netherlands: Bomb scare at train stationA man on an inter-city train in Den Bosch threatened that he was about to blow up the train. The train station was evacuated, as well as shops, offices and ...

Categories: International Blogs

TODAY (9 Feb) is Urs of Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan (may Allah be pleased with him)

The Revival - 3 hours 44 min ago

Ahmed Raza Khan or Ala Hazrat, "Fazil-e-Barelvi" was a prominent Muslim Alim from Bareilly, a city in Northern India during the late 19th ...

Categories: General Blogs

A mother's grief

Electronic Intifada - 3 hours 59 min ago

Nejoud al-Ashqar is a 30-year-old mother from the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya. Two ...

Categories: Palestinian Blogs

Russia: Court bans Caucasus terrorist group

Islam in Europe - 4 hours 13 min ago

Russia: Court bans Caucasus terrorist groupRussia's Supreme Court has banned one of the largest Islamist separatist movements in the country’s south, branding it a terrorist group.The Caucasus ...

Categories: International Blogs

The chilling effect of 'lawfare' litigation | Alan Dershowitz and Elizabeth Samson

CommentIsFree - 4 hours 43 min ago

Radical Islamic groups in the US are intimidating the media with the cost of defending defamation suits in order to stifle criticismRecognising that British courts have become a prime destination ...

Categories: General Blogs

Copenhagen: Prison imam guides husbands on wife-beating

Islam in Europe - 5 hours 31 min ago

Copenhagen: Prison imam guides husbands on wife-beatingThe Jihad i Malmö blog points out that Soudari-Hansen is employed by the Saudi World Muslim League (AKA Rabita) at their Danish office at ...

Categories: International Blogs

Siddique released after terror conviction quashed

Islamophobia Watch - 5 hours 53 min ago

A man branded a "wannabe suicide bomber" by prosecutors will not face a retrial on terrorism charges.The Crown Office has said it does not wish to seek a fresh prosecution. Siddique has now been ...

Categories: Political Blogs

Alternative Vote

Craig Murray - 6 hours 13 min ago

I suppose I agree, rather weakly, with the proposition that it is better to elect someone with the acceptance of the majority in the constituency rather than the enthusiastic support of a ...

Categories: Political Blogs

Migrants must renounce veil if they want to live in France, says minister

Islamophobia Watch - 6 hours 54 min ago

Immigrants should sign a "no burka" contract before being allowed to live in France, the country's families minister has said. It would be added to an "integration agreement" that all newcomers ...

Categories: Political Blogs

Sweden: Muslim wins handshake lawsuit

Islam in Europe - 6 hours 56 min ago

Sweden: Muslim wins handshake lawsuitAftonbladet reports (SE) that the man had greeted the female CEO by putting his hand to his chest and explaining he was forbidden by his religion to touch ...

Categories: International Blogs

Generation Jihad

Hotter Than a Pile of Curry - 7 hours 1 min ago

I don’t recall the Irish being continually asked to do more to help against Republican terrorist groups. Is he also going to tell the British population that they must do more to identify ...

Categories: Current Affairs Blogs

Blair Did It - or did he?

The Cutting Edge - 7 hours 1 min ago

So far, Blair’s testimony before the Chilcot Inquiry has been seen as a largely self-incriminating affair, illustrating the extent not only to which Blair was willing to lie, or deceive himself ...

Categories: Political Blogs